Sourcing Manager Lead
3 days ago
Company Overview
Our client is a prominent entity within the Public Sector, responsible for significant large scale projects across the UK. They hold a strong commitment to delivering high-quality services and promoting sustainable practices.
Job Description
As a Procurement Sourcing Specialist, you will be responsible for:
- Managing several sourcing activities at any one time, ranging in value, within the professional services category, to include idea generation and innovation across complex spend categories and collaborating with relevant customers and stakeholders to create and deliver significant commercial and contractual value.
- Collaborating closely with your customers and our business experts to undertake pre-market engagement with the supply chain, draft sourcing strategies and tender documentation.
- Leading the sourcing project, undertaking complex commercial evaluations, including using your professional knowledge to lead negotiations with suppliers.
- Exhibiting excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, being proactive, having in-depth experience of the end-to-end procurement process, being happy to challenge and be challenged, and being prepared to go above and beyond to support our customers.
- Overseeing procurement and supply chain operations within the organisation.
- Leading contract negotiations to ensure favourable terms.
- Ensuring compliance with public sector procurement regulations.
- Developing and managing a high-performing procurement team.
- Reporting on procurement performance and providing insights for improvements.
- Promoting sustainability within procurement and supply chain practices.
Required Skills and Qualifications
To succeed in this role, you should have:
- Experience in Public Sector Corporate Procurement with a deep understanding of sourcing, along with a demonstrable track record of savings delivery.
- PCR2015 & Procurement Act 2023 Practitioner (modules and test).
- Demonstrable experience of contract law and financial management.
- Experience dealing with high-value spend, politically savvy, with the proven ability to use direct and indirect influencing strategies at an executive level.
- Line management experience of a small team.
- Proven experience in procurement and supply chain within the public sector.
- Excellent negotiation and contract management skills.
- Strong leadership qualities and team management skills.
Benefits
We offer a competitive salary of £85,000 - £110,000 per annum, depending on experience, plus a generous pension scheme, flexible working hours, and exposure to high-profile projects in the public sector.
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