Head of Procurement

Vacancy No
VN1171

Employee Type
Permanent

Employment Type
Full-Time

Location City
London

Location Country
UK

Description
About Hyve

We believe that when people come together, powerful things happen. Hyve Group plc connects global industry communities through unmissable events, online networking platforms, and hyper-productive meeting programmes.
Our decades of experience put us at the heart of industries, and we are committed to using our influence to shape innovation and drive progress across our customer communities.
Our market-leading portfolio of global brands includes Shoptalk, Spring Fair, Africa Oil Week, Bett, Mining Indaba, and Retail Meetup.

#LifeAtHyve

At Hyve, we are driven by our values: brilliant work, fresh thinking, rich connections, and collective buzz. In practice, this means we value quality, work with passion, celebrate uniqueness, and are our best when we work together.
We value a diverse team and are committed to employing individuals from all backgrounds and creating a culture based around belonging.
Our hybrid working model ensures we respect our peoples’ work/life balance.
Human connections are our speciality, and we offer a jam-packed calendar of social events, inclusion workshops, and professional development opportunities to make sure #LifeAtHyve is always fulfilling and exciting.

Key Responsibilities

• Ongoing day to day management of the global Procurement Team role modelling its vision and leveraging the impact, influence, and advancement of the Function

• Ensure the Procurement Team meets their annual objectives, including the P&L savings targets

• Optimise the financial savings for the Group by implementing procurement best practice and appropriately prioritising Procurement involvement in cost and third-party contract negotiations in accordance with published governance requirements

• Maintain and develop knowledge and awareness of emerging trends, opportunities, and risks across the supply chain

• Empower and support the Procurement team, and other business functions where relevant, to make decisions and instil a culture of best practice and continuous improvement to help them achieve their objectives and develop and flourish

• Maintain and where needed develop positive working relationships with stakeholders to ensure Procurement buy-in, sponsorship and highly effective cross functional team working and fully leveraging a wide internal and external network

• Hold regular meetings with divisional leadership teams to assess and prioritise ongoing business needs and future opportunity pipeline

• Maintain regular communication and relationships with the Senior Leadership Team and Board in relation to key projects, priority initiatives and savings opportunities

• Prepare and publish monthly divisional board reporting packs on procurement projects, key activities, savings, other key performance indicators and team updates

• Lead communications and training to the Business on procurement best practice, negotiation techniques, supplier management and the Hyve Procurement policy

• Continue the implementation and embedding of the current Hyve Procurement Improvement plan including the development of systems, tools and templates, group SRM and Contract Management processes

• Other relevant ad hoc activity to meet the needs of the Group as required

Skills Required
Most valued

• Extensive relevant professional work experience, with at least 2 years in a team management role

• Ability to quickly gain the confidence and trust of stakeholders and colleagues and comfortable when constructively challenging decisions made by senior stakeholders

• Highly experienced people leader with exceptional inter-personal and engagement skills and expertise in coaching, developing, and setting immediate team and colleagues up for future success

• Demonstrated experience of international procurement and supply chain best practice for a large, complex multi-national organization

• Accomplished negotiator with ability to lead on complex major contract negotiations and managing legal discussions on key terms supported by a good knowledge of contract law

• Extensive and proven experience and track record of success across a general range of indirect/corporate procurement spend category areas (eg- HR, FM, Technology, Telecoms, Marketing and Professional Services)

• Energetic, resilient, and comfortable working in a dynamic, agile fast changing environment flexible to changing requirements across a diverse range of spend categories and projects with strong judgement and ability to prioritise multiple competing and conflicting projects simultaneously

• Evidence of successfully influencing, engaging, and communicating at all levels across a business including senior leadership and board members

• Familiar with general computer use including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook packages

• Exceptional written, verbal, communication, analytical and problem-solving skills

Desirables

• Exhibitions or events sector experience

• Full Corporate Membership by assessment of a relevant recognised Procurement professional body such as CIPS (ideally Chartered Status), or studying towards the same, or equivalent USA accreditation (CPP, CPSM, CSCP)

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent