Head of Procurement

City Building provides a range of repairs and maintenance, manufacturing, construction and refurbishment activities for Glasgow City Council and Wheatley Housing Group's citizens and customers as well as other public, private and third sector organisations.

City Building operates both the largest construction craft apprenticeship programme in Scotland, and Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries (RSBi), one of the largest supported manufacturing businesses in Europe, around 200 people, more than 50% of whom have a disability.

Our accreditations include ISO45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001:2015. We are current recipients of a Queen's Award for Enterprise Promoting Opportunity and Investors in Young People Platinum award. Both these accolades recognise our focus on investing in and growing a skilled staff base.

We are currently recruiting for a Head of Procurement to join our Legal and Commercial division. The Head of Procurement is a member of the Extended Executive Leadership Team and reports directly to the Divisional Director Legal & Commercial.

As the Head of Procurement, you will be responsible for managing the strategic planning, delivery, and management of the procurement function within the City Building Group which comprises of two separate companies, City Building (Glasgow) and City Building (Contracts) LLP. The successful candidate will ensure that all strategic and tactical procurement activities carried out by the function fully comply with the governing procurement and legislative framework while dlatego operating within the financial framework of City Building.

City Building is undergoing a period of transformation to the way in which it delivers its services, maximising efficiencies and implementing new systems to support organisational transformation. This will require a review of all procurement activity within the Group and the development of a structure suitable for supporting the needs of the business and any operational transformation. The post holder will ensure the procurement function, both strategic and tactical, supports the needs of the business, service delivery, and transformation.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience in a senior role within a complex business environment, with practical experience of applying strategic planning and performance tools. The Head of Procurement will have a proven track record in collaborative working that produces results, developing structures and systems which supports the attainment of organisational goals.

Candidates for this role will hold a degree in a relevantгьыл subject or an equivalent qualification or experience.

You will be required to have a flexible approach to this role. Your contracted hours of work will be 35 hours per week to be worked to suit the needs of the business.

This is a full-time permanent position.

As an employee of City Building, you will also receive the following benefits:

• A rewarding career with a competitive salary.
• Access to contributory pension scheme - Strathclyde Pensionуга.
• Excellent annual leave entitlement
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption/shared parental leave.
• Access to excellent health and wellbeing initiatives.
• Access to a discounted gym Verträglichkeit membership.

Please refer to the role profile for further details on this position however if you would like to have an informal chat about the role then please contact:

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience for this role then please гуор forward a CV and completed supporting statement بدان is the People Services Team, by midnight on Friday 23rd January 2026.

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