Procurement Policy & Governance Manager

Ocado Group is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to ensure that all potential employees are treated fairly and equally, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, age, or disability or union membership status.

About Us (FTC Maternity Cover)

Our teams are putting the world’s retailers online using the cloud, robotics, AI, and IoT. We provide services to partner clients globally via our innovative advanced robotics technology, known as the Ocado Smart Platform (OSP), this drives our highly automated, multi-million pound Customer Fulfilment Centres (CFCs). In our CFCs - together with the proprietary software applications - we operate a world-class online grocery business that automates the single pick of products, ready for your online delivery.

About The Role

Take the lead in defining and implementing a group-wide procurement policy and governance framework. This includes developing and deploying tools, templates, and processes to standardise ways of working, embed procurement best practices across the organisation, and drive enterprise-wide compliance and operational effectiveness. This role reports to the Associate General Counsel – Regulatory & Compliance. The Regulatory & Compliance Team forms part of the broader Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) function, which reports into the Chief Compliance Officer.

Accountabilities

• Define and maintain the procurement policy aligned to regulations, compliance and company risk.
• Identify trends and new legislation and design initiatives to address these issues in conjunction with the Procurement and LBI teams.
• Provide guidance and pragmatic advice on procurement policy and governance to the Procurement teams and non-Procurement teams involved with purchasing processes.
• Promote awareness for third party risks and related policies.
• Develop and support the procurement governance framework across the group.
• Define, maintain and implement relevant procedures, tools and templates to support embedding of Procurement governance framework.
• Monitor and implement audit/risk assessment recommendations where relevant in collaboration with Procurement leads.
• Define, implement and maintain a group supplier due diligence management framework minimising commercial or reputational risk and maximising value for the business.
• Track compliance through audits/reviews of governance process and develop relevant action plans and assurance processes.
• Facilitate and lead the Procurement Expert Group (PEG) to track, monitor and report on LBI related Procurement improvement activities.
• Ensure relevant controls are built in the processes and they are fit for purpose for wider regulations eg. SOC, risk assessments etc.
• Providing support to wider teams on sanctions monitoring within supply chain and implementation of new sanctions related requirements such as CBAM.
• Drive continuous improvement for the procurement governance process and compliance.
• Deliver training on relevant procurement policies and processes.
  
  

About You

Proven relevant experience in developing and delivering procurement policies, procedures and templates achieving cultural change.

• Experience in working in a Procurement function and understanding of procurement/ supply chain processes (S2C and S2P).
• Experience in implementing best practice procurement policies, processes and systems.
• Process improvement experience with a proven track record.
• Experience in developing performance and compliance reporting.
• Experience in developing and managing Risk Management framework and coordinating Audit processes/action plans.
  
  

What We Offer You

Our employee benefits are designed for you, we care about people and we’ve ensured we have a wealth of benefits that focus on your well-being. We regularly review our benefits to ensure we are supporting our employees appropriately.

• 30 days ‘working from anywhere in the world’ policy
• Wellbeing support through dedicated apps and an Employee Assistance Programme
• 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after 5 years service (plus optional holiday purchase)
• Pension scheme (various options available including employer contribution matching up to 7%)
• Generous Private Medical Insurance (within the first month of joining!)
• Income Protection (can be up to 50% of salary for 3 years) and Life Assurance (3 x annual salary)
• 22 weeks paid maternity leave and 6 weeks paid paternity leave (once relevant service requirements complete)
• Train Ticket loan (interest-free)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free shuttle bus to and from Hatfield Train Station to the Hatfield offices
• Free shuttle bus to and from Welwyn Garden City Train Station to the Welwyn Garden City offices
• Opportunity to participate in Sharesave and Buy as You Earn share schemes
• 15% discount on Ocado.com and free delivery for all employees (within the first month of joining!)