Here at Hays, we are working with a large public sector housing association based in the North East to recruit for a Procurement Category Manager on a permanent basis, this is a full time role that offers hybrid working with 2 days at home. The role is paying £55,000 annually, along with some brilliant employee benefits including an early finish on a Friday.
You will be joining at an exciting time for the organisation, as they are partway through their 5-year procurement strategy. You will be working across various business areas and involved in tenders that typically exceed £120k. The focus of the contracts will be Construction, with some involvement in other indirect areas (IT, Corporate Services, Legal. The role will be providing proactive, responsive procurement services including pre-market engagement, the placement of notices, preparing and issuing tender documents, analysing and awarding contracts and to support the Procurement Team.
Key Responsibilities for this role:
- Support the Senior Procurement Partner to track progress against contracts, supporting with robust supplier relationship management, and ensuring suppliers contracts are managed effectively across the Group.
- Manage the partnership areas for which you are responsible to ensure best practice is always adopted.
- Responsible for actively managing risk and promoting effective risk management within the procurement function.
- Provide proactive, responsive procurement services on tenders over £120k including the correct placement of notices and advertising of such tenders where it is appropriate to do so and undertake tender competitions for both capital and revenue purchases over £120k, coming with relevant framework agreements, the Organisation's financial regulations and current regulations.
- Ensure that corporate, social and environmentally responsible issues are considered in all procurement activities undertaken.
- Line manage the day-to-day activities of the Junior Procurement Partner.
Key skills and experience for this role:
- Ability to build and nurture positive relationships with senior management, key users, business stakeholders and suppliers.
- Understanding of contract law, and the ability to draft contracts with minimal support from legal professional with appropriate knowledge of PCR 2015 and PA 2023.
- Financial and commercial awareness.
- Understanding of negotiation and influencing skills and how they support procurement activities.
- Knowledge of contract buying and tender procedures.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Proven track record of delivery
- Relevant experience of successful achievement in procurement and contracting, including the negotiation of contracts.
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
- CIPS Level 4 - willing to work towards CIPS Level 6
- Procurement Act 2023
- Experience of using an eProcurement system.
- Experience with Construction procurement would be advantageous.
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