Procurement Manager

Job Description

SF Recruitment are working with a business based in Coventry who are looking for a Procurement Manager to join the team Salary: £30,000 - £40,000 plus an extra £5,000 supplement if fully MCIPS qualified Incredible benefits such as enhanced holiday allowance and pension contributions JOB PURPOSE: - To support the procurement function in the provision of an efficient and responsive service, in relation to project and commodity based procurement. - Manage a defined portfolio of spend. Undertake procurement strategies to deliver best value contracts and continuous improvement solutions which result in value for money, savings and contribute to the Procurement Strategy. - Work closely with stakeholders to review current supply chain solutions and implement optimum procurement arrangements taking account of operational contexts, regulatory or funder compliance and applicable funder deadlines. - Support non-procurement staff to obtain value for money through support and training. Support the dissemination of best procurement practices. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Category / Project Strategies - Develop, implement and monitor routine category / capital project procurement strategies to achieve strict savings targets / budgets, timescales. - Support achievement of Procurement Office KPIs operating within the defined Category Management framework, across spend areas of up to circa £10M p.a. - Ensure procurement recommendations and continuous improvement initiatives support the strategic goals. - Produce and present reports and KPIs analysis. Competitive Procurement Processes: - Plan, lead and award routine procurement processes, contracts and framework agreements to achieve optimum savings, value for money and timescales. - Comply with the financial regulations ensuring good governance across procurement activities in compliance with statutory obligations. - Ensure funding conditions are met and procurement is conducted with full and compliant audit trails. Where required, comply with the Public Contracts Regulations - Support stakeholders in the development of routine specifications for incorporation into market engagements and tender exercises. - Review contracts and licence agreements to identify and address risks prior to submission for senior colleague review. Contract Negotiation - Undertake routine negotiations to ensure commercially optimum contracts, mitigating financial and legal risk (for example total cost analysis, management of payment terms, import, currency, liability and IPR risks). - Lead ongoing contract management of operational agreements to ensure benefits realisation, effective supplier performance management and exploit innovative opportunities from the supply chain. Cross Functional Process Improvements - Manage cross functional project teams / Category Improvement Groups / formal process improvement groups across a variety of stakeholder groups predominantly at operational level to support implementation of optimum procurement solutions - Support the change process. Stakeholder Engagement: - Designated Procurement link to one or more operational departments, undertake procurement activity and provide advice to predominantly operational members of staff. Facilitate greater visibility of the procurement pipeline. - Build effective collaborative relationships with departments, promote a responsive, agile and professional image of the Procurement Office. - Work on a collaborative basis with external bodies (e.g. other HEIs, funders, consortia) - Support the Offices overall training programme through dissemination of procurement best practice across the wider business Staff Management and Development: - Support the development of more junior team members. - Where applicable, manage one or more junior members of staff.