Head of Procurement

Six Degrees is a leading secure, integrated cloud services provider, where everyone is welcome. We believe success lies in harnessing a truly diverse and inclusive culture. Our business protects UK organisations with the goal of enabling them to operate effectively and securely in the cloud, by giving them secure platforms to innovate and grow. We support our customers on their digital transformation journey regardless of their maturity. Our vision is to be the UK's number one provider of secure, integrated cloud services to the small to mid-size market.

Position Overview: The Head of Procurement is responsible for defining the procurement strategy for Six Degrees and leading the execution of the strategy. This involves working with teams across the business to ensure a consistent approach to building strategic relationships with suppliers that will drive long term value. The role will lead supplier negotiations across multiple categories of spend, balancing the need for cost and cash flow optimisation with the requirement to ensure that everything purchased by Six Degrees enables the delivery of the exceptional products and services we provide to our customers.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Oversee the procurement process including sourcing, purchasing, and managing procurement documentation and records.
2. Establish robust due diligence and review procedures to ensure legal and compliance risks within vendor management are appropriately assessed and mitigated.
3. Lead supplier negotiations and build strategic relationships across multiple categories.
4. Make strategic buying recommendations and build 3-5 year business plans to drive supplier relationships and business performance.

As the Head of Procurement, we are looking for strategic sourcing experience supporting a matrix organisation and a demonstrated background in evaluating and negotiating strategic relationships with suppliers across multiple categories. Six Degrees is not interested in paying lip-service to diversity and inclusion, and just observing our statutory duties. We work to continually re-affirm our commitment to cultivating a workplace and society that embraces and vigorously defends equity, diversity and inclusion. This includes all aspects of recruitment and employment - our recruitment and selection processes are open and fair, and we will always consider any reasonable adjustments or flexible working requirements.

Our Recruitment Process: We don't like to have lengthy recruitment processes here at Six Degrees as it's more important for us that you have the opportunity to meet with people you'll work alongside. We will review all of our applications in detail and our Talent Acquisition team will arrange a telephone or video call if your background and experiences fit what we're looking for. All being well, you will be invited to attend a behavioural interview with your line manager and members of the team to talk through your fit for the role in detail and explain more about Six Degrees. Some of our positions are so important to the business that we'll invite you back for a second and final interview, where you'll be asked to complete a role-specific activity. After your final stage in the assessment process, we will confirm the outcome and hopefully welcome you to the Six Degrees family! Apply today at 6dg.co.uk.