Procurement Manager
Hybrid (Manchester approx. 1 day per week)
£46k – £51k base salary
Due to continued growth our Client in the public sector are looking to recruit a new Procurement Category Manger to their established team.
The Role
Your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting the Senior Procurement Manager to develop and deliver operationally excellent strategies for a portfolio of supply chain product categories.
- Lead on the development, procurement and implementation of category strategies ensuring that contracts awarded deliver value for money.
- Manage strategic Supplier Relationships in terms of cost but also value through innovation, service and risk management.
- Maintain and develop key stakeholder relationships through the organisation acting as a business partner to identify key opportunities.
- Drive market research and analysis and evaluate market intelligence to support specific procurement strategies.
- Ensure that procurement strategies and recommended routes to market remain within the legal requirements regarding publicly funded procurement.
The person
Suitable applicants for the Procurement Manager position must have:
- Comprehensive and demonstrable experience in applying Public Contracts Regulations knowledge to the management of end-to-end procurement activity and utilising different routes to market including frameworks/DPS and other tender approaches as appropriate
- Solid Contract Management experience
- Robust relationship management experience dealing with ambiguity and changing priorities.
- Good – Excellent Excel experience
This position will be based 1 day per week in Manchester.
Only candidates based in the UK with right to work and previous public sector experience can be considered for this position.
Please send your CV to julie@procureone.co.uk
