Senior Procurement and Contracts Manager – Professional Services

Full Description

The Senior Manager, Procurement and Contracts will support the Professional Services Category team within our public sector client in developing and managing the sourcing strategy and contracting process on behalf of the Professional Services stakeholders.  This includes:

• the timely production of compliant sourcing plans and contract awards;
• ongoing supplier performance and risk management;
• development of market analysis and multi-year category plans in pursuit of the team’s transformation plan;
• use and promotion of procurement data analytics and MI;
• proactive and reliable stakeholder engagement;
• and ensuring that actions and issues are dealt with promptly and meet the function’s performance targets

Experience Required:

• Well developed hands-on experience of procurement, category and contract management, with demonstrable subject matter and stakeholder influencing experience in the Professional Services category.
• Strong working knowledge and experience of public sector procurement procedures and regulations governing the invitation, evaluation and award of contracts for public procurements.
• Demonstrable experience of drafting commercial/tender documents and leading sourcing strategies and contract award for a range of goods and services.
• Demonstrable experience of supplier management frameworks, supplier governance protocols, and end-to-end category experience.
• Experience in third party risk management processes relevant to critical public authority services would be highly beneficial.   
• Experience of managing workload to meet the delivery demands of multiple and conflicting priorities proportionately whilst protectively managing stakeholder expectations.
• CIPS certification or membership is preferred.  Current participation in or willingness to  stud towards MCIPS certification

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