Procurement Manager

Job Advert: Interim Procurement Manager

Location: South East England
Contract Type: Temporary
Daily Rate: £500 per day
Working Pattern: 3 days per week
IR35 Status: Inside Scope

Our client is seeking a dynamic and experienced Interim Procurement Manager to join their team, providing essential procurement leadership across an area going through LGR in South East England. This is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned professional to make a meaningful impact within the public sector.

Role Overview:
The successful candidate will leverage their extensive procurement experience in local government or the wider public sector to navigate a complex and evolving environment. This role is pivotal in ensuring effective commercial outcomes, robust governance, and compliance with public procurement requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership & Advice: Provide effective procurement leadership and professional advice to senior stakeholders.
• Procurement Activity: Lead and support a diverse range of procurement activities, encompassing goods, services, and contracts.
• Strategic Guidance: Offer expert advice on procurement strategy, routes to market, contract management, and commercial considerations to budget holders and service areas.
• Compliance Assurance: Ensure all procurement activity adheres to public sector procurement legislation, regulations, policies, and governance requirements.
• Tendering Oversight: Lead or oversee competitive tendering and procurement processes from specification to contract award.
• Efficiency Identification: Collaborate with internal stakeholders to uncover opportunities for efficiencies, savings, and enhanced commercial outcomes.
• Contract Management: Provide valuable advice regarding contract extensions, renewals, and supplier performance.
• Documentation Development: Support the creation and maintenance of procurement documentation, processes, and governance arrangements.
• Transformation Contribution: Engage in procurement improvement, transformation, and organisational change initiatives, fostering collaboration across both councils.

Essential Experience:

• Significant procurement experience within local government or the wider public sector.
• Strong grasp of public sector procurement processes, governance, and compliance.
• Proven track record in leading end-to-end procurement exercises and sourcing activities.
• Ability to deliver credible commercial and procurement advice to senior stakeholders.
• Experience working across multiple services or organisations.
• Robust knowledge in contract management and supplier relationship management.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
• Capacity to work independently and quickly adapt in an interim setting.

Desirable Experience:

• Familiarity with Local Government Reorganisation (LGR).
• Background in working across multiple local authorities or within shared-service arrangements.
• Experience in organisational transformation, restructuring, or service redesign.
• CIPS qualification or equivalent professional procurement qualification.
• Demonstrated success in delivering procurement savings and efficiencies.

Personal Attributes:
The ideal candidate will be:

• Commercially minded and pragmatic.
• Confident in advising senior officers and stakeholders.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Highly organised, proactive, and capable of managing competing priorities.
• Collaborative, with a talent for building strong relationships across organisational boundaries.
• Able to operate autonomously while understanding organisational priorities to deliver effective solutions.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an accomplished Interim Procurement Manager to contribute to impactful procurement strategies in a supportive and evolving public sector environment. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply and showcase their expertise in this vital role!

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