Skills
- Ability to manage multiple work streams in business-critical areas, at different stages of development
- Internal and external stakeholder engagement skills to build relationships with colleagues internal to HS2 Ltd, but also partners across wider industry and Government;
- Ability to support market testing activities to determine best fit service provision;
- Skilled in compiling category plans, tender and commercial documents;
- Ability to be a conduit for information, assessing and disseminating across various locations;
- Report writing skills, presenting, commercial analysis and negotiating skills;
- Communication skills along with the confidence to interface with senior colleagues and stakeholders internal and external to HS2 Ltd;
- Ability to view and convey the role of procurement as a facilitator and conduit to progress and results, rather than an obstacle;
- Ability to drive excellence in staff leadership and management skills;
Knowledge
- Understanding of supply market for corporate services including complex professional consultancy services and other indirect specialist activities relating to infrastructure projects;
- Membership of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply or equivalent
- Awareness of government initiatives and policies with ability to assess relevancy and defend applicability;
- Knowledge of the Public Procurement Regulations;
- Knowledge of working with or for publicly funded bodies including central government departments;
- Knowledge of different forms of contract and risk allocation
Experience
- Experience of undertaking procurements using different pricing/risk options dependent on desired outcome and market conditions;
- Experience in cultivating relationships with suppliers;
- Experience in motivating, and leading a team of procurement professionals alongside peers and other senior managers within HS2 Ltd;
- Experience of procuring large value complex and/or specialist contracts and savings to a public sector organisation through effective category management;
- Experience in leading teams, managing/coaching numerous staff in their career development.
The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect.
It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.
As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept.
Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.
We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Watch this video on how we remove bias in the recruitment process: Removing bias in the recruitment process - YouTube
Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
