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Our client is a large local government organisation and looking for an experienced Procurement Project Manager to join their team on a permanent basis. The sucessful candidate will be expected to come on board and play a critical role and crucial to the success in contributing to an effective procurement service for the organisation by managing procurement projects of low to medium value complexity and supporting larger, more complex and / or high value muiti million pound projects. To provide expert technical information, advice and guidance on all aspects of the procurement process to internal customers and to deal effectively with third party suppliers as external customers of Brent's processes. To work flexibly across all categories of expenditure and Departments to provide a resilient, professional and customer-focussed procurement service to the council. You will need Knowledge (please specify all essential criteria): . Expert knowledge of the procurement process, ideally in a public sector environment. Where candidates can demonstrate expert knowledge of private sector procurement, they must show some awareness of public procurement, including relevant legislation, and a willingness and aptitude to become expert in this. Thorough knowledge of one or more categories of procurement activity: Adult Social Care Children's Social Care Education Communities, Public Health and Culture Corporate Services Environmental Services Regeneration, Construction and Housing Awareness of the wider policy context for public procurement, e.g. the Transparency Agenda, Social Value, Community Wealthbuiding, Sustainability, London Living Wage, Modern Slavery
My London based client is looking to recruit a permanent procurement project manager to join the team. Reporting into the Category Manager, your role will be to manage end to end procurement processes for above and below threshold procurements as well as support on high value projects. you will also work closely with stakeholders to ensure procurement activity meets business needs and ensure procurement activity is inline with legislative requirements such as FTS and the Social Value Act. In order to be considered for the role you will need to be able to demonstrate an expert knowledge of the procurement process within a public sector environment, including awareness of public procurement, including relevant legislation, and a willingness and aptitude to become expert in this. This role is a permanent role and requires 2 to 3 days a week in the London office. Salary for the role is £45,000.
We are excited to once again partner with our client, an award-winning bespoke design & architecture practice in West London, seeking to hire a Procurement Project Coordinator into their expanding team. This is the perfect role for someone with a proven background in supplier account management or procurement, alongside excellent communication skills and an understanding of Balance Sheet and P&L accounts. Having grown organically to now over 130 people in the company, excitingly they are now fully employee owned. They work hard to ensure it is a friendly, inclusive environment. The perks include complimentary daily lunches with team, weekly yoga & pilates classes and company away days. This is a hybrid role, working from the office 4 days a week (SW15) and from home 1 day. The role sits within a busy finance team of 14 and reports to the Senior Project Finance Analyst. This opportunity will suit someone with a strong base understanding of accounting, but who sees themselves moving into a more commercial, project focussed role. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Preparation of Procurement Contracts Work closely with the design procurement team to establish the project fee, with particular thought given to margins and risk Work closely with the project team to gather all project information re timeline, milestones, plans etc Prepare payment schedule and project planners for approval Work closely with the design procurement team to plan the treatment of VAT and Logistics, Reporting Accurately identify monthly underspend/changes in revenue Review project planners monthly and update as appropriate Review timesheet posting summaries regularly and update as appropriate Attend monthly project capacity meetings - highlight variances and action accordingly Run and review monthly reports on ancillary costs (deliveries, expenses) expenditure Review Procurement Project margins reports generated Monthly and keep commercial notes up to date. Maintain regular contact with procurers to identify any upcoming actions/correspondence Ensure that bank payments and receipts are posted onto the finance system immediately Funds/Budget Management Ensure all relevant invoices for Fees and Float of Funds are sent to Head of Finance for issue in accordance with the Contractual obligations and/or in line with the presentations Project Delivery and Reconciliation Ensure all Project deliveries are managed in line with the Customs/Export requirements of that country, along with correct certification according to VAT legislation Process and reconcile all costs at the end of each project or when requested, raising all the appropriate invoices to produce a full project reconciliation for the Client Produce a P&L report detailing the full expenditure of the project Management Accounts/ Financial Balance Sheet Review Raise and issue Sales Invoices for Goods/Deliveries/Expenses Review monthly merchandising accruals and advise the Finance Procurement Manager of any changes/issues CANDIDATE PROFILE / REQUIREMENTS 3 years of relevant and progressive professional experience, ideally working in a procurement finance role Strong project management and organization skills Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently Experience managing Client expectations, with outstanding written and oral communication skills Proficiency working in accounting systems and intermediate to advanced level MS Excel skills Knowledge of Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss accounts is essential A good understanding of contracts management A high degree of analytical and problem-solving skills in financial and business management Excellent project management and organizational skills Ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines with attention to detail. Knowledge of Deltek would be beneficial. HOURS & BENEFITS Working hours are 09:30-17:30 Monday to Friday. The excellent benefits include the following: 24 days holiday (rises to 25 after a year) Qualifying Bonus (tax free) Additional Discretionary Bonus Private healthcare (after probation) Complimentary personal travel insurance Daily lunch provided Monthly wellness initiative Annual season ticket loan NEXT STEPS... If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV. Please note due to the high volume of applications we sometimes receive it is not always possible to contact every applicant. If you do not hear from us within 14 days, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion but please continue to apply to more jobs represented by EslingKenny. If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career - see our website for contact details. EslingKenny is acting as a recruitment business in relation to this vacancy. EslingKenny is a trading name of Abacus Recruitment Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales with registration number 10344096