Head of Procurement – Remote

Salary: £48,428 plus benefits

We are delighted to be recruiting for an inspirational and impactful leader to join Mary’s Meals International as Head of Procurement. In this newly created, multi-faceted role, you will have responsibility for leading and coordinating the approach to procurement across Mary’s Meals International, both in the UK and our programme and partner countries.

Positive, innovative, with extensive experience of leading a procurement function, you will work with the Procurement Manager to drive best practice and innovation across a varied procurement remit, with a particular focus on sourcing high quality food across our global programmes. Working in close collaboration with our Head of Food Systems, you will play a key role in the ongoing development of our global feeding programmes.

As Head of Procurement, you will bring a solid commitment to compliance and procurement good practice and as such will lead on the ongoing development of policies, procedures and metrics to support our stewardship-focussed approach and drive best practice across the movement, to contribute to our overarching strategic goals. You will thrive in a values-focussed environment and will provide high quality procurement advice to MMI and Programme Affiliates, as part of the annual planning process.

Key duties:

• Develop a longer-term strategic overview of procurement activities, reflecting planned and possible expansions in our school feeding programmes.
• Work closely with colleagues in the Programmes team to identify, develop and implement flexible approaches to procurement that support our future food sourcing strategy.
• Develop and monitor progress against a global procurement plan, spanning all activities for the year, across all parts of the organisation.
• Ensure that our procurement procedures, processes and guidance documentation are fit for purpose and, where necessary, further develop these to ensure compliance with policy, legislation and best practice for the charitable sector.
• Provide effective leadership for the Procurement team in MMI and across the Programme Affiliates and link effectively with other senior colleagues across the Services group.
• Work with the Legal team to ensure appropriate contracts are in place and develop robust contract management tools that allow us to monitor supplier performance, over the lifespan of a contract.

Our ideal candidate will bring:

• Robust experience as a senior leader within the Procurement space, ideally from an international non-profit organisation.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence effectively at all levels.
• Strong people leadership skills, with experience of coaching and developing high-performing teams and individuals.
• Proven success in developing and communicating best practice procurement strategy, in a culturally sensitive manner.
• Relevant procurement qualifications, such as MCIPS or CIPS Diploma.

Mary’s Meals is a global movement supported by people from all walks of life and we are focused on one goal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. We continue to change the lives of over 2.4 million children who today will receive Mary’s Meals.

We have a remote-first approach to work and are happy for you to work remotely and flexibly, in a way that best supports your work life balance. We have an office near Glasgow city centre for those who live nearby and would like to work from here occasionally or on a regular basis.

We believe in the innate goodness of people, respect the dignity of every human being and family life and believe in good stewardship of the resources entrusted to us. In line with our values, Mary’s Meals is fully committed to a culture of safeguarding. Mary’s Meals is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work and we expect all the Mary’s Meals family to share this commitment and work in the best interest of the communities we serve. Our safe recruitment practices ensure that only those that are committed to our high standards join our movement.

This is a fantastic role where your daily work has real impact. If you are looking for more from your role and our mission, vision and values resonate with you, then we would love to hear from you. Please click Apply and tell us why you would be a great Head of Procurement for Mary’s Meals International.

Benefits

• 8% non-contributory pension contribution – after 3 months (for international candidates the 8% pension contribution will be paid as a part of salary)
• 34 days annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing by 1 day each completed calendar year, to a maximum of 39 days (+ option to buy another week)
• Flexible working
• Lifeworks Employee Assistance Programme, including perks and cash back opportunities
• Life assurance