Head of Procurement

The Role

Leads Canopius’ procurement activities, including securing goods and services in an efficient and cost-effective manner, owns and manages all outsourcing partner relationships ensuring contractual compliance, efficiency and cost control to support key business units and create further value for the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversees all outsourcing services and third-party providers, with direct oversight into large spend approvals, driving category strategies across all Canopius procurement categories.
• Owns the procurement strategy for indirect categories on a global scale, including the ownership of high-profile and business critical negotiations with key suppliers.
• Ensures effective use of budgets and continues to drive savings, value, and further efficiencies, acting as a net contributor and generator of savings to drive top line growth.
• Partners with all levels of leadership cross-functionally to build impactful, efficient, and cost-effective business and vendor relationships.
• Steers large, complex programmes across multiple work streams, managing multiple processes and roles for various geographies, accountable for the success, effectiveness, and on-time delivery of all the applicable deliverables across work streams; including managing the people, process, and technology-related activities required to set up and begin operations for outsourcing engagements.
• Shapes the establishment, creation and distribution of metrics and reports relating to the procurement function, identifying opportunities for process improvements; designs, oversees and implements these improvements where required.
• Governs vendor scorecards and compliance standards, fulfilling regulatory obligations across all operating centres and ensuring minimal risk exposure through vendor and outsourcing activities.

Skills

• Business Process Improvement 
• Change Management 
• Commercial Negotiation 
• Contract Management 
• Cost Optimisation 
• Data Analysis 
• Demand Forecasting 
• Procurement Strategy
• Risk Management 
• Stakeholder Management 
• Supplier Development 
• Supplier Evaluation 
• Supply Chain Analysis  
• Third-Party Management