The online school Foxford is looking for a Head of Procurement Department who can effectively integrate ongoing changes, and make procurement processes more efficient and business-oriented.

Foxford is a product EdTech company. For 16 years, they have been providing online education for schoolchildren, their parents, and teachers. They are looking for a Head of Procurement Department to join their team. Over the past year and a half, procurement within the company has changed significantly: tenders, competitive procurement, and new requirements for transparency, reporting, and efficiency have been introduced.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the procurement function at strategic and operational levels;
• Build and optimize the end-to-end procurement process;
• Increase the economic efficiency of procurement;
• Reduce procurement cycle times, improve SLA, and decrease operational load;
• Lead cross-functional procurement processes and build collaboration with finance, legal, accounting, IT, HR, and other departments;
• Establish a transparent reporting system, manage metrics, and prepare reports for shareholders;
• Lead the procurement team: develop expertise, hire and train employees;
• Foster a culture of competitive procurement without business losses;
• Automate processes, implement systemic improvements;
• Enhance the user experience for internal customers, make processes clear, and set transparent expectations;
• Plan procurement activities and manage the function's priorities;
• Make management decisions in conditions of change and multitasking.

What's important:

• Over 3 years of experience in procurement management (with the use of competitive procurement and electronic trading platforms);
• Experience in team management and developing expertise within the team;
• Experience in building, optimizing, or transforming procurement processes;
• A systemic view of processes and the ability to manage the procurement function not only operationally but also strategically;
• Understanding of the principles of competitive procurement, tender procedures (including understanding of Federal Law 223 and 44) and evaluation of procurement activity effectiveness;
• Understanding of contract law;
• Confident work with data, metrics, reporting, and budgets, ability to make data-driven decisions;
• Results-oriented and ability to balance quality, speed, and business needs;
• Strong communication skills, ability to negotiate with various stakeholders and build partnerships with internal customers;
• Readiness to work in a rapidly changing environment and manage change.

Will be a plus:

• Experience in leading cross-functional processes and interacting with finance, legal, accounting, IT, and other departments;
• Experience interacting with shareholder structures and preparing reports;
• Experience in automating procurement processes, working with 1C or task trackers;
• Legal or economic education, additional training in procurement.

Conditions:

• A lot of freedom in your work, you shape tasks and influence results yourself;
• A strong team and a dynamic environment, many strategic tasks and challenges;
• Products and work on them – a real contribution to children's education;
• Hybrid work format, with work from a cool office near Tulskaya metro station (Moscow);
• Official employment (official salary, vacation);
• Market-based salary + annual review based on performance review results;
• Agile work, adequate planning, and clear goals;
• Flexible start of the day: the main thing is results;
• Equipment provided – Macbook or Windows of your choice;
• Health care: voluntary medical insurance with dental care, corporate psychologist, sick leave compensation, online workouts. And if you get sick – a vitamin box will be sent;
• Development: learning foreign languages through corporate courses, discounts on Foxford products, access to an online library, and compensation for external training;
• Accredited as an IT company.

Hiring Process:

• Interview with a recruiter;
• Interview with the administrative director;
• Interview with the HR director;
• Offer.

Apply with a cover letter:

• Explain what interests you about the vacancy;
• State your salary expectations.