NHS & Healthcare
Senior procurement leadership roles across NHS organisations, delivering transformation, strategic sourcing and commercial improvement initiatives.
About Vanguard
Helping organisations improve procurement performance through practical expertise, commercial insight and measurable results.
MCIPS Qualified
CIPS Member
Bloom NEPRO³
Accredited Supplier
The Founder
Founder & Managing Director
Vanguard Procurement is led by Harkinderjit Hayer MCIPS.
He brings senior procurement leadership experience across NHS, housing, government and major international programme environments, with a focus on procurement transformation, commercial improvement and measurable value delivery.
With more than twenty years in procurement and commercial leadership, Harkinderjit has developed deep expertise across strategic sourcing, supplier management, commercial governance and consultancy framework development.
Clients work directly with Harkinderjit throughout every engagement. There are no junior consultants, no graduate teams and no hand-offs.
This direct relationship ensures that every client receives the full benefit of Harkinderjit's experience, judgement and commercial expertise from initial conversation through to delivery.
Sector Experience
Hands-on procurement and commercial leadership across public sector and commercial environments.
Senior procurement leadership roles across NHS organisations, delivering transformation, strategic sourcing and commercial improvement initiatives.
Procurement leadership and commercial improvement across housing association environments, including strategic sourcing and supplier management.
Procurement programme experience across government and public sector bodies, including consultancy framework development and governance.
Major international programme experience managing multi-billion-pound procurement portfolios across complex commercial environments.
Our Values
Delivering high standards of service and advice in every engagement.
Providing independent, objective commercial guidance without compromise.
Focusing on measurable outcomes rather than activity or effort.
Helping organisations achieve sustainable commercial improvements that last.
Offering genuinely objective commercial advice, free from vested interests.
If you would like to discuss how Vanguard can support your organisation's procurement and commercial objectives, we would welcome a conversation.
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