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Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire
Procurement Manager
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We're looking for A customer-focused individual with energy, experience and a strong sense of purpose to join us as a Procurement Manager A growing business with a strong social purpose Our purpose at Catalyst is 'homes people love'. That means everything from developing and maintaining great homes, to delivering excellent service to our customers every day. We provide housing for those who can't afford a home without our help as well as offering a wide range of homes for rent, shared ownership or outright purchase. We're one of the UK's leading housing associations with 34,000 homes and 1,200 employees. We're a strong business at a particularly exciting point in our evolvement having recently merged with another large housing association, Aldwyck. We're also a Sunday Times top 100 Best Company to Work for, investing care, time and resources in our people The role You will drive supply chain improvement both internally and externally and be responsible for ensuring fully compliant procurement practices across statutory, regulatory and internal business requirements. You'll build valuable relationships to ensure that procurement makes a substantial contribution to the strategic objectives of the business and implement category strategies providing the business users with an 'easy to use, and easy to comply' supply chain construct that delivers both quality and value add on an enduring basis. Participation in the continuous development of the procurement processes, tools and systems to deliver the needs of the business and implement step-change improvements will be a given. You'll seek to understand fully your customers' needs, identifying and working to remove pain points, and always doing what you say you will. Key requirements You will have experience of developing and implementing best in class procurement across a range of direct and in direct categories and be able to demonstrate significant influence and delivery of supply chain improvement across a number of sectors. You will be a qualified procurement specialist holding MCIPS or equivalent, comfortable working under pressure and have broad knowledge and experience achieved within both the private and public sector. Experience operating in a customer facing role within a complex supply chain construct and a professional qualification in a relevant discipline is desirable. You'll be passionate about delivering excellent customer experience every time, by being easy, reliable and empathetic in the way you deal with customers and colleagues. How to apply Click on the Apply Now button and submit your details along with a copy of your CV and a supporting statement.