Head of Procurement

Why PayNet / Why Now

• PayNet operates critical national payment infrastructure where procurement decisions directly affect resilience, trust, and regulatory confidence.
• As PayNet scales platform complexity and vendor criticality, procurement must move from transactional execution to enterprise‑level judgment.
• This role exists to shape how PayNet selects, governs, and partners with vendors that underpin mission‑critical services.
• The Head of Procurement sets the tone for integrity, commercial discipline, and long‑term value creation across the organization.

TL; DR

• Own PayNet’s end‑to‑end procurement strategy, policies, processes and overall spend
• Decide how vendor risk, cost, quality, and resilience are balanced at enterprise scale.
• Lead a senior procurement team that influences outcomes, not just process.
• Shape policies and have sound judgment when considering commercial outcomes that matter to PayNet and impact the ecosystem as a whole.

Why This Role Matters

• Procurement decisions here directly affect operational continuity, regulatory standing, and financial efficiency.
• Weak judgment increases concentration risk, vendor dependency, and compliance exposure.
• Strong leadership enables PayNet to secure critical capabilities while maintaining integrity and value.
• This role requires judgment over process, knowing when to standardize and when to intervene.

What You Will Actually Do

• Represent PayNet externally with professionalism, fairness, and respect, ensuring procurement engagements strengthen confidence in PayNet as a trusted ecosystem partner.
• Lead the team to treat procurement not merely as an activity, but as a reflection of PayNet’s values and commitment to building credible, long-term vendor partnerships.
• Own and shape PayNet’s procurement strategy, operating model, and priorities across all categories.
• Delivers commercial results in a way that influences the negotiation position of key players in the ecosystem
• Decide how critical vendors are selected, negotiated with, governed, and exited.
• Lead and develop senior procurement leaders across sourcing, vendor management, and procurement excellence.
• Influence executives and divisional leaders on commercial trade‑offs, risk exposure, and sourcing options.
• Set and evolve procurement policies, authority frameworks, and ethical standards.
• Drive measurable improvements in cost efficiency, vendor resilience, and decision quality.

Examples of This Role in Practice

• A business unit proposes a sole‑source vendor for a critical platform, you challenge assumptions, assess concentration risk, and reshape the sourcing approach.
• A strategic vendor underperforms on delivery, you decide whether to remediate, renegotiate, or replace without disrupting operations.
• Regulatory expectations tighten; you adapt procurement governance to meet compliance without slowing execution.
• As the organisation scales with multiple business units and subsidiaries, you redesign procurement systems, processes and capability to withstand complexity and deliver results, not just volume.

What Will Help You Succeed

• Comfortable making high‑stakes commercial decisions with incomplete information.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders without relying on hierarchy.
• Strong commercial instinct across technology, services, and long‑term vendor partnerships.
• Track record of building teams that exercise judgment, not just follow process.
• Exposure to regulated or infrastructure‑critical environments is helpful, not required.