Procurement Manager

SF Recruitment are working with a business based in Coventry who are looking for a Procurement Manager to join the team
Salary: GBP30,000 - GBP40,000 plus an extra GBP5,000 supplement if fully MCIPS qualified
Incredible benefits such as enhanced holiday allowance and pension contributions

JOB PURPOSE:
- To support the procurement function in the provision of an efficient and responsive service, in relation to project and commodity based procurement.
- Manage a defined portfolio of spend. Undertake procurement strategies to deliver best value contracts and continuous improvement solutions which result in value for money, savings and contribute to the Procurement Strategy.
- Work closely with stakeholders to review current supply chain solutions and implement optimum procurement arrangements taking account of operational contexts, regulatory or funder compliance and applicable funder deadlines.
- Support non-procurement staff to obtain value for money through support and training. Support the dissemination of best procurement practices.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Category / Project Strategies
- Develop, implement and monitor routine category / capital project procurement strategies to achieve strict savings targets / budgets, timescales.
- Support achievement of Procurement Office KPIs operating within the defined Category Management framework, across spend areas of up to circa GBP10M p.a.
- Ensure procurement recommendations and continuous improvement initiatives support the strategic goals.
- Produce and present reports and KPIs analysis.

Competitive Procurement Processes:
- Plan, lead and award routine procurement processes, contracts and framework agreements to achieve optimum savings, value for money and timescales.
- Comply with the financial regulations ensuring good governance across procurement activities in compliance with statutory obligations.
- Ensure funding conditions are met and procurement is conducted with full and compliant audit trails. Where required, comply with the Public Contracts Regulations
- Support stakeholders in the development of routine specifications for incorporation into market engagements and tender exercises.
- Review contracts and licence agreements to identify and address risks prior to submission for senior colleague review.

Contract Negotiation
- Undertake routine negotiations to ensure commercially optimum contracts, mitigating financial and legal risk (for example total cost analysis, management of payment terms, import, currency, liability and IPR risks).
- Lead ongoing contract management of operational agreements to ensure benefits realisation, effective supplier performance management and exploit innovative opportunities from the supply chain.

Cross Functional Process Improvements
- Manage cross functional project teams / Category Improvement Groups / formal process improvement groups across a variety of stakeholder groups predominantly at operational level to support
implementation of optimum procurement solutions
- Support the change process.

Stakeholder Engagement:
- Designated Procurement link to one or more operational departments, undertake procurement activity and provide advice to predominantly operational members of staff. Facilitate greater visibility of the procurement pipeline.
- Build effective collaborative relationships with departments, promote a responsive, agile and professional image of the Procurement Office.
- Work on a collaborative basis with external bodies (e.g. other HEIs, funders, consortia)
- Support the Office's overall training programme through dissemination of procurement best practice across the wider business

Staff Management and Development:
- Support the development of more junior team members.
- Where applicable, manage one or more junior members of staff