Procurement Manager

3 weeks ago

Wakefield, United Kingdom Elevation Recruitment Group Full time
The Procurement Manager role is a newly developed post delivering 
The role will have gravitas across the organisation and requires commercial astuteness, sound relationship building skills and robust decision making capability.
Key to the role is to be an effective procurement and supplier management activities across the organisation offering guidance on requirements, coordinating procurement exercises and subsequent contracting and commercial management of suppliers (where appropriate).
Providing procurement advice, planning procurement activities and developing procurement processes whilst ensuring that procurement is compliant with the relevant and necessary policies and controls. Formulating robust commercial contracts, underpinned by sound management practices for the lifecycle of the agreement.
The Procurement Leader will work as part of the senior management team to lead a function that has responsibility for managing strategic partnerships for third-party providers in which contracts will deliver a high level of service for its customers.
The business requires a strong commercial minded supply chain/procurement professional that will bring a high degree of business acumen that seeks to commercial initiatives through partnerships while developing the team and working proactively with their peer group.
Duties:
• Lead the Procurement & Contract Management operation
• Support the existing procurement strategy while seeking to evolve to drive commercial advantages
• Define and agree the overall management and development of the supply chain framework contracts
• Ensure major contractual change is properly planned and necessary revisions are made within the contract operating arrangements, documentations etc.
• Be jointly responsible for management of key contracts, develop and utilise best practice arrangements for the development and on-going maintenance of the strategic relationship between the business and the suppliers as appropriate
• Work with the leadership team to ensure the strategic aims of the business are met
• Ensure value for money is achieved, realisation of benefits is maximised, robust commercials are in place and risks are managed and mitigated as appropriate
• Ensure that best practice performance management is in place and applied over the life of contracts
• Establish and review KPI’s, ensure performance information is provided and reviewed, external performance benchmarking, manage any performance credit or deduction payment mechanisms, work with the contractor and customer to ensure there is service delivery planning, continuous improvement and benefit realisation and reporting
• Ensure that best practice commercial process management is in place and applied over the life of the pilot contracts. This will include change management, risk management, dispute resolution, document management, contingency planning, exit planning, managing key contractual events (e.g. periodic price reviews), that are suitable for (internal and external) audit purposes
• Within the above, negotiate revised commercial arrangements as part of the day-to-day workload and as necessary for larger commissions, pull together other specialist support (e.g. Finance, Legal) as required to provide assistance in these negotiations
What we're looking for:
• Previous experience in a commercial role: Supply Chain, Procurement, Contract Management
• Excellent Commercial Acumen
• Strong understanding of procurement service delivery with multi-stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills including stakeholder management
• Excellent customer service skills and focus
• Excellent organisation skills - able to prioritise tasks and quickly learn and apply new skills and knowledge
• Problem solver - able apply own knowledge and use own experience within a clear framework of established rules, processes and regulations
• Decision maker – able to use discretion and initiative to take decisions within the context of existing operational policies and guidelines
• Team participant - able to operate collaboratively as part of a small team but also able to work autonomously on parallel tasks and project
• Conducts relationships with customers and suppliers (internal and external) with courtesy, integrity and propriety
• Hold, or be working towards, a relevant professional qualification (e.g. CIPS)
What's on offer:
£60,000 - £7(Apply online only)+ benefits package, company car, pension scheme, 25 days holiday, bonus
International Travel required
Remaote
Elevation Recruitment Group’s Procurement and Supply Chain division work with a vast range of businesses across Yorkshire and Humberside, Lincolnshire and East Midlands regions

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