Procurement Business Partner

14 hours ago


Ipswich, United Kingdom CV-Library Full time

Title: Procurement Business Partner

Rate: £23.63

Location: Hybrid- Ipswich, Suffolk

Type: Temporary 12 months

Opus People Solutions are working with Suffolk County Council to recruit an interim Procurement Business Partner to support the Assistant Director to deliver a programme of procurement projects as prioritised by the A&I Procurement Management Team. The successful candidate will deliver effective commercial challenge to the organisation and enable all spend owners (directorate / category) to maximise the value they receive from every £ they spend in the market.

What you will be expected to deliver:

Understand the Client: Develop partnerships and build relationships with key internal stakeholders up to and including Assistant Director level acting as a business partner and working alongside them as a critical friend to help them solve commercial problems and realise commercial opportunities while ensuring compliance with procurement policy.

Understand the Clients Commercial Drivers and Success Criteria: and turn them into a series of procurement projects with measurable outcomes. It is expected that this process would be carried out with a measure of commercial challenge to ensure that value for money and appropriate risk management underpins the commercial decision making.

Develop and deliver a Category Procurement Strategy: For medium value nominated procurement categories develop an organization wide procurement approach towards all sourcing, purchasing and tendering activity that makes clear how value for money is maximised, cost savings are generated, and social value benefits are realised. The procurement strategy should have short, medium, and long-term goals.

Specialist knowledge skills and experience

Proven successful experience of working at a senior level in procurement within a large, complex and multi-disciplinary organisation. Understanding of the strategic context for procurement.
Proven experience in developing and implementing business processes and strategies which effectively link to departmental and corporate objectives.
Project management and planning skills and experience, with capacity to manage complex projects.
Proven enhanced interpersonal skills, including strong persuasive and negotiating skills and excellent written and verbal communications skills.
Proven commercial skills and commercial awareness. Understanding and awareness of different funding and contract arrangements.
Able to identify, develop and foster key partnerships with suppliers, customers and partners.
Experience of effective change management to improve performance both within the organisation and in the supply market



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