Procurement Manager

The role of Procurement Manager in the public sector involves overseeing procurement activities and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.

Client Details

This opportunity is with a respected organisation in the public sector, known for managing critical infrastructure projects and services. As a large organisation, it offers a structured and professional environment to support career development within procurement and supply chain management.

Description

• Develop and manage the sourcing process from business requirement to contract signature, on behalf of key customers and stakeholders, for multi-million-pound medium cost and business risk opportunities, utilising, where relevant, commercial purpose-built models, to create and deliver significant commercial and contractual value, in support of the annual savings target
• Implement approved category strategies through the development and delivery of the sourcing pipeline, in collaboration with the relevant customers and stakeholders, to release the full defined savings and benefits.
• Apply the Sourcing Framework for sourcing led opportunities where total annual spend ranges between £100m to £300m and within an FTS environment, to manage all risk, governance, legislative and regulatory requirements.
• Expert negotiator of sourcing enabled savings and benefit opportunities, in collaboration with all relevant customers and stakeholders.
• Develop and implement sourcing specific ideas and innovation-based business cases, working in collaboration with relevant customers and stakeholders, to address existing business problems that require external sourcing specific market expertise to solve.
• Facilitate the transition of sourcing led execution to supplier management, to manage a seamless customer experience from business requirement through to post contract signature.
• Manage and challenge customer and stakeholder sourcing requirements to maximise overall commercial value, direct and indirect influencing and selling strategies in a complex, devolved organisation.
• Develop and manage sourcing aligned continuous improvement activities, demand pipeline assessments and annual customer satisfaction surveys, to deliver an enhanced customer experience.
• Develop market sourcing practices, to include commercial models and total cost of ownership assessments to enable the implementation of good practice.

Profile

A successful Sourcing Manager should have:

§ Deep level of Sourcing experience, with a demonstrable track record of savings delivery

§ Demonstrable level of negotiation and dispute resolution skill set

§ Demonstrable experience of contract law and financial management

§ Demonstrable experience of driving value from complex sourcing opportunities

§ Experienced with agile cross-functional collaborative working methods

§ Politically savvy, with the proven ability to use direct and indirect influencing strategies at an executive level

§ Demonstrable level of problem-solving experience of complex sourcing specific challenges

Job Offer

• Competitive salary of £55,596 per annum.
• Annual Leave entitlement of 28 days with the option to buy/sell days.
• 75% subsidy on train tickets.
• 3x options for a defined pension scheme.

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled Procurement Manager to make a meaningful impact. Apply now to take the next step in your procurement and supply chain career.