Senior Procurement Manager

4 weeks ago


Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom ACC Liverpool Full time

Senior Procurement Manager

The ACC Liverpool Group operates the city's waterfront event campus – the interconnected M&S Bank Arena, ACC Liverpool and Exhibition Centre Liverpool - as well as ticketing agency Ticket Quarter and the Pullman Liverpool Hotel.

Playing a leading role in shining a spotlight on Liverpool, we have successfully staged a wide array of national and international events, including the Eurovision Song Contest last year and in 2024, we will host Labour Party Conference in addition to a packed programme of entertainment and business events.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Procurement Lead to join our management team as a Senior Procurement Manager to continue the delivery of our well established procurement function. Reporting to the COO, this role will offer a Procurement Lead / Senior Procurement Manager with working experience of public sector procurement, the opportunity to lead on all aspects of procurement including managing and overseeing all the tendering activity, engaging with and supporting our managers with the procurement of products and services aligned to our social value and procurement strategies and leading on the continuous improvement of the procurement function.

Given the imminent launch of the Procurement Act 2023 in October 2024, and the introduction of new public sector procurement regulations, as the Senior Procurement Manager this new role will also offer the opportunity to influence and shape The ACC Liverpool Group's procurement strategy and policies whilst embracing all the benefits the new legislation will bring to support the delivery of an efficient procurement service across our business.

The ideal candidate should be CIPS qualified or working towards the qualification and must have experience of leading tender exercises and advising on procurement matters utilising the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR2015).

Working as the Senior Procurement Manager this role will be integral to how we deliver events and our services, therefore possessing enthusiasm about procurement and having experience to lead staff, guide and advise on procurement issues are all essential. If you possess drive, passion, ambition and wish to play a part in The ACC Liverpool Group's continuing success story this could be just the job for you.

To apply for this position please upload your CV using the link provided.

Please note, we may close this vacancy before the stated closing date if we receive sufficient applications for the position. Therefore, if you are interested in this position, please submit your application form as soon as possible.

Closing Date: 29 August 2024

For further information, assistance, or to obtain information or documents in other accessible formats, please contact the People Team on or email .

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

The ACC Liverpool Group know the value of having a diverse and representative team across our organisation. We promote equal opportunities, and are committed to having an inclusive work force where everybody feels respected, are treated fairly and diversity is celebrated. As such we strongly encourage and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates from all members of the community regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion, belief or sexual orientation.

Company Benefits

We are an award winning, world class venue and our people are at the heart of everything that we do. Recognition and reward is of huge importance to us at the ACC Liverpool Group, and just some of the benefits staff can enjoy include:

  • an enhanced holiday scheme, which increases with length of service
  • an excellent local government pension scheme, where by employer contribution is currently set at 14%
  • access to a premium health care policy, which includes an employee assistant line, contributions towards a wide range of medical costs, such as dental and optical and staff discounts.
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes
  • An excellent sickness pay scheme
  • Free onsite parking right in the heart of the city centre
  • Agile working and flexi time policies, where appropriate and in line with business needs
  • A dedicated wellbeing strategy to support staff when at work


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