Head of Procurement

4 weeks ago

Auckland City, New Zealand TOWER Insurance Full time

**Why You'll Love Working with Tower**

At Tower, our values are the heartbeat of every interaction. We prioritize our people, fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, representing the vibrant communities we serve. We celebrate all ages, genders, sexual orientations, races, religions, and everything else that makes our culture unique. Proud holders of the Rainbow and DV Free Ticks, we are committed to inclusivity and safety.

**What you will be doing**

Are you ready to inspire and lead a revolutionary transformation in procurement and property management? Tower is on the lookout for an Head of Procurement to spearhead a vibrant team committed to delivering top-notch commercial procurement and property services. This role is essential in driving unparalleled value for Tower and our customers.

As a vital member of the Finance Senior Leadership Team, reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, you will steer the strategic direction of our Procurement and Property functions across New Zealand and the Pacific. Your visionary leadership will be key in implementing savings strategies, fostering continuous improvements, and enhancing efficiencies in our processes.

**Dive into the Heart of Your Responsibilities**:

- Lead and oversee the Procurement function, which includes Property, driving and executing savings strategies, continuous improvements and efficiencies for billing and paying our customers.
- Drive commercially focused procurement outcomes that will deliver savings for Tower, including ensuring there are practical procurement frameworks in place that support business owners in managing their procurement activity.
- Oversee the outsourced property and facilities relationships and ensure simple self-service tools and support are in place for the business to access.
- Drive transformative change in a complex business, push the boundaries as needed; initiate and achieve fundamental change with positive, high impact results.
- Attract, lead, and build world-class talent within the business; inspire people to perform at a higher level by leading by example, translate strategies into operational plans, manage performance, lift overall capability, and increase overall engagement.
- Provide support and advice to business owners in relation to more complex commercial negotiations, working in conjunction with Legal as appropriate.
- Take senior leadership accountability for understanding and operationally managing costs.
- Implement customer centric, simplified, and automated processes.

**What You'll Need**

To be successful in this role, you will also demonstrate the following:

- 6-8 years' procurement experience
- Tertiary qualification or equivalent industry experience.
- Demonstrated experience in building and fostering strong relationships with business partners.
- Proven expertise in systems, implementations and change delivery.
- Exceptional leadership capability to inspire and lead a high achieving team to deliver results.
- Prior experience in leading complex commercial negotiations.
- Proven track record of agile thinking, challenging the status quo, and creating and delivering innovative solutions.

**Our Commitment**

We pride ourselves on encouraging everyone to bring their whole selves to work, embracing diverse opinions, experiences, and backgrounds. Our commitment is to create an inclusive workplace where our people come first, feel valued, safe, and respected. If you feel comfortable doing so, please let us know early in the process.

**What we'll bring to the table**

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a range of perks and benefits to celebrate and look after our Tower employees.

**Highlights include**:

- Our people come first as we offer 16 weeks of paid leave for the primary carer and 4 weeks of paid leave partner's leave.
- A paid day off on your birthday, as well as two extra annual leave days every year and the option to buy an additional eight days of leave. So up to six weeks off
- Annual Performance Review where you get to showcase your progression.
- Wellness leave instead of sick leave so you can proactively look after your health and wellbeing
- Career growth - we promote internal capability; we also have programmes that recognise star performers.
- Flexible workplace opportunities at our beautiful 6 Green Star Fanshawe St office packed with modern technologies, stand-up desks, open space and coffee machines in two large modern kitchens with cafe-inspired dining areas.
- Discounts on Tower insurance products of up to 50%
- Free Life Insurance of up to four times your annual base salary
- Paid parental leave top up for 16 weeks.
- Retail deals and discounts with Les Mills, JB Hi-Fi, PB Tech, The Coffee Club,
- Warehouse Stationery and more

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