Head of Procurement (6-month FTC)

Do you want to be part of a force for good, helping to make life better for customers and society in the moments that matter? At Hodge, we put people at the heart of our business, and that means our customers, colleagues and communities. Hodge is a Welsh financial services provider focused on real estate finance and specialist residential mortgage markets.

This role falls within the Certification Regime under the Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SM&CR) and the successful candidate will be required to satisfy the relevant certification requirements.

The focus of the role is to lead the Group’s procurement, commercial and third-party management function, with accountability for addressable third-party expenditure, procurement governance, supplier risk and the end-to-end commercial lifecycle, developing. The Head of Procurement is responsible for procurement strategy and working with other departments in ensuring services and goods are procured in line with the Procurement policy. They will also be responsible for strategic oversight of material, outsourced, critical and commercially significant supplier relationships on behalf of the organisation and ensure sufficient monitoring of key suppliers is in place and regularly reviewed to ensure adherence to legislation and regulations.