Procurement Manager

Role: Procurement Manager

Duration: 3 months

Location: Hemel Hempstead(Hybrid)

Type: Inside IR35

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Overview:
The role reports to the Senior Procurement Manager for Public Services and is part of the Procurement Team. It involves managing a small team to support a client's Business Unit with supplier development, negotiation, cost optimization, and procurement strategy. The role requires strong knowledge of procurement best practices and interaction with senior stakeholders to ensure business outcomes are met. Responsibilities include developing procurement strategies, managing supplier appointments, ensuring procurement controls, and providing regular updates on procurement value to the business.

The role reports into the Senior Procurement Manager for Public Services and forms an integral part of the overall Procurement Team. The role will manage a small team providing procurement ownership and support directly to one of the client's Business Units, across a wide and varied range of products and services. The role holder will support the business with their ongoing supplier requirements, in terms of new supplier development and setup, supplier commercial & contractual negotiation, cost improvement optimization and savings, etc., but also challenge the business in terms of procurement strategy, supplier selection, supplier consolidation, and procurement controls. With this in mind, the role holder will be expected to have a good working knowledge of procurement best practices, systems, tools, and techniques, including but not limited to data analysis, manipulation, and presentation. The individual in this role will be accountable for the provision of procurement services to the business and as a result, interact with stakeholders at senior levels within the organization, agreeing on priorities, activities, targets, etc. We would expect the individual within this role to be able to operate at senior levels and ensure that the agreed business outcomes are delivered.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the Procurement Team responsible for providing support to the business.
• Working with stakeholders, develop the procurement strategy and working practices, marketing procurement capabilities.
• Ensure that Procurement is at the forefront and driving activities for any new third-party requirements working alongside key business owners.
• Manage the appointment of suppliers through comprehensive sourcing processes including eSourcing tools and processes where appropriate.
• Ensure the best use of data to monitor suppliers and spend in order to develop & implement approaches to re-negotiation, consolidation, and savings identification.
• Ensure that existing procurement controls, policies, and processes are adhered to by the business, and develop new controls where needed and appropriate.
• Provide input to the business on supplier and procurement risk through all stages of the supplier engagement.
• Challenge the business in respect to any supplier engagements where appropriate and ensure Procurement is a key decision maker in third-party related activities.
• Develop and capitalize on key supplier relationships.
• Conduct regular reviews of existing contracts with suppliers to ensure continued competitiveness and value for money is being achieved and to exploit price review clauses to their fullest extent.
• Investigate any new and alternative sources of supply & third-party technology in the marketplace, to enhance competition between our suppliers and to exploit any benefits for the client.
• Work closely with the internal businesses and support functions which include commercial, client development, presales, bid support, and transition projects to ensure Procurement is adding maximum value.
• Provide regular management updates and reporting to evidence and demonstrate procurement's value to the business.
• Work closely with the wider Procurement Team to ensure parity of processes and establish any opportunities for leveraging suppliers and spending across the wider business to provide cross-sector, JV, and category improvements.