Procurement Manager

3 days ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Fill My Vacancy Full time

Purpose of the Role

The Procurement Manager will take the lead in the continuous improvement, maintenance and delivery of the their clients procurement and contract management processes.

The role will provide an exemplary internal consultancy service for them, providing guidance and advice to senior managers. The Procurement Manager will develop and lead procurements for a range of goods & services, including outsourced functions, businessservices and solutions. The post holder will support the delivery of change programmes at them and will also be responsible for the onward contract management of some procurements.

The post holder will work closely with in-house and external legal to provide support and advice to staff and senior management, developing strategies to enable the organisation to adapt to any changes in the external environment. It will also representthem when working with external stakeholders on matters related to procurement.

Main duties and key accountabilities of the jobholder
- To lead on all aspects of contract management with selected suppliers including helping them articulate its needs and to design and negotiate effective SLAs to put in place contracts that are suitable for their needs and protect the business and maintainingthe contracts register.
- Work across the business to develop a procurement pipeline, managing dependencies, risks and go live dates in line with organisational priorities, responding to changes in the internal and external environment, and working with internal and external stakeholdersto reprofile activities
- Review, develop and advise on existing procurement strategies for complex procurements across a range of specialisms.
- Develop effective evaluation mechanism for procurement activities and embed a culture of continuous improvement in procurement practice.
- To develop procurement management information to support an evidence-based approach to managing risks relating to procurement across them and to design and implement effective controls.
- To support group/ one-to-one training and use specialist knowledge and expertise to produce guidance (including development of new templates and guidance) on procurement activities and contract management in order to increase the knowledge and understandingof procurement activities throughout them.
- Provide high quality internal procurement consultancy and advisory services to managers and other staff to support them in meeting its corporate objectives.
- To review and, where appropriate, update procurement policy, processes and internal guidance to ensure compliance with public sector procurement rules, adoption of good practice and continuous improvement.
- Working with the Head of Finance ensure RSH complies with all mandatory elements of the UK Government’s Commercial Functional Standard.
- Monitoring government procurement policy notes and identify any requirements to update procurement policy or central procurement guidance
- Maintain and develop professional expertise including through external working groups and professional/ specialist networks to share best practice and to develop joint working.
- Develop and maintain productive relationships with key stakeholders across F&CS and in-house legal, as well as the wider RSH to facilitate the delivery of procurement.
- Deputise for the AD Corporate Services as needed and take on additional duties as requested by the AD Corporate Services.
Working relationships and contacts

External Relationships:

- Stakeholders relating to specific areas of work, e.g. external suppliers
- Relevant professional bodies and communities of practice

Internal Relationships:

- Regulation Executive Group
- Director F&CS
- Legal team
- F&CS staff
- Staff across them working on procurements

Core job skills

- MCIPS member.
- Wide range of public sector procurement experience of varying size and complexity.
- Working knowledge and experience of using CCS and other government frameworks.
- Working knowledge and experience of using digital procurement platforms.
- Good working knowledge of best practice and legislation in procurement with a strong track record of developing and delivering procurement activities working across organisational boundaries.
- Experience of public sector contract management.
- Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
- Strong negotiating and influencing skills.
- Ability to develop and manage relationships effectively, commanding respect and credibility when advising key stakeholders.
- Demonstrates logical and analytical thought processes to get to the core of problems; drawing conclusions and making recommendations.
- Maintains a good understanding of the strategic issues facing the RSH, internally and externally.
General responsibilities
- To adhere to the RSH’s Equality and Diversity and Equal Opportunities policies in all activities and to actively promote equality of opportunity.
- To be responsible for your own health and safety and that of your colleagues and all others in the workplace, in accordance with RSH Health and Safety policies.
- To demonstrate RSH core values in all working relationships within the workplace.
- To work in accordance with the RSH Data Protection Polices and adhere to the RSH Freedom of Information policies where appropriate.
- To undertake such other duties as may be reasonably expected



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