- As a Procurement Manager you will be leading on procurement projects for various areas of spend. For example, projects across FM, Repairs, Construction, IT, Sales, Marketing.
- Deliver a responsive, high quality, commercial and customer focused procurement service
- Manage, monitor, and coordinate the procurement forward plan.
- Developing and delivering effective sourcing strategies to deliver cost savings and added value.
- Actively manage strategic relationships with suppliers and lead on commercial negotiations.
- Have strong knowledge of Public Procurement Regulations and internal Group policies.
- Leading high value, complex procurement projects in line with Public Contracts Regulations.
- Creation and implementation of key processes to support the Procurement function.
- Managing a team of high performing procurement professionals and supporting their development.
- Lead the team in developing and delivering the procurement programme through an effective business partnering approach.
- Strong end to end generalist procurement experience across indirect or direct services
- Excellent communication skills and able to work with all levels of management and stakeholders
- Ideally Public sector procurement background with experience in a highly regulated environment
- Experience of Public Contract Regulations is a must
- Experience of developing and embedding third party management frameworks
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Well organised, process and team-oriented with the ability to prioritise quickly
- Highly motivated self-starter: ability to initiate and manage work with minimal supervision
- Commercially aware and financially astute
Senior Procurement Manager - London, United Kingdom - Talent Drive
Description
Job Description
Senior Procurement Manager | London Office/ Hybrid Working Home based (twice a week in office) Up to £65,000 per annum + benefits.
Overview:
This is a great opportunity to step into a Senior Procurement Manager role with variety This well recognised housing association brand who are growing their Procurement team is now looking for a Senior Procurement Manager to work across a variety of spend. Experience across large complex public sector projects and PCR 15 experience is crucial to this role.
A broader commercial procurement approach, innovative thinking and collaborative approach will be successful in this role. The team are also developing plans around social value, sustainability, ESG so this is a brilliant opportunity to be involved in further carving this out.
The role will play a critical role in optimising value and mitigating risk across various projects and will have three direct reports.
What the role involves:
The person we hope to find:
To apply
Applicants must be authorised to work for any employer in the UK. Our client is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
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