DIRECTOR of Transformation(PROCUREMENT)

Title: DIRECTOR of Transformation (PROCUREMENT)

Sector : Hospitality : Food procurement

Salary : £159, 500 (£120,000 + 25% bonus and £9500 car allowance)

Location : High Wycombe . Hybrid work

Overview : Newly created and exciting role for an experienced Director overseeing transformation in which you will be supporting this global business as it changes, develops and sets up a new Centre of Excellence. This is a key strategic role in which you will ensure that fresh business initiatives are prioritised and delivered successfully and drive continuous improvement in development practices/processes within teams and across the business.

In a nutshell you will work with the leadership team to set up a Centre for Excellence that will drive change and that covers 4 key areas:

1) Establish & Standardises business processes: to ensure the delivery of key projects and programmes

2) Measure & Ensure consistency across the business to support the business in achieving KPIs

3) Report: Chair forums and report on project status

4) Coach /Mentor : Develop (and embed) a sound resource planning approach to ensure the business has the capacity to deliver on annual plans

Duties

• Establish then standardise the Programme Management Office and Centre of Excellence operating model

• Create business plans and KPI’s
• Oversee all planning , executing, tracking, budgeting and scheduling of all projects
• Develop an environment that ensures accountability, consistency, and high-quality delivery
• Drive quality improvements

• Measure & Ensure Consistency

• Understand/manage the delivery plan versus resource constraints
• Create dashboards, templates, policies, and metrics to measure project progress
• Establish best practice in category management, strategic sourcing, project management and quality assurance
• Identifying resource bottlenecks & resource availability

• Report

• Document all governance procedures
• Work with finance to track progress against key organisational KPI’s
• Produce reports on progress, decisions, key risks/issues, recommendations and savings realised
• Chair governance forums

• Coach & Mentor : Develop and embed change

• Ensure project leads have the right tools, templates and process in place
• Liaise constantly with Project Leads, Finance & Legal teams
• Coach and mentor project management practitioners
• Share knowledge of best practices to ensure consistency of approach across the teams
• Ensures project teams are staffed effectively to support the execution of projects

Requirements

• PROCUREMENT organisation or background : Essential
• Experience in leading an organisation through a large-scale transformation: Essential
• Experience of complex project and programme delivery