Procurement Manager - #2160649

Your new company

A growing public-sector organisation with an excellent reputation is seeking an experienced public-sector procurement professional to join their friendly team in Leeds as their new Procurement Manager. The organisation has strong core values, and the work you'd be doing will have a direct positive impact on local communities, so this is a super rewarding opportunity. Please note, this role is based in the Leeds office 5 days per week - so you must be able to commit to working full-time in the office.

Your new role

The Procurement Manager is a newly created position within the organisation's structure, so you can truly shape the function and take ownership of procurement and the overall strategy.

• You will provide strategic guidance and procurement advice to stakeholders across the organisation.
• You will manage spend across multiple indirect categories, including HR, Facilities, IT, and wider Professional Services, giving you good exposure to a broad array of categories.
• You'll have lots of autonomy in this role, so you'll need to be a real self starter who is able to independently run end-to-end tenders under the Procurement Act 2023, ensuring that value for money is delivered and that social value is embedded in your procurement activity.
• In this role, you'll manage the organisation's contracts register, ensuring contract compliance and managing their timely renewals.

Please note this role is based in the Leeds office 5 days per week - there is no hybrid working, so you must be able to comfortably commute to the office full-time.

What you'll need to succeed

• Proven background in UK public-sector procurement with a good working knowledge of PA23
• Experience of independently leading tender processes from end-to-end
• Commercially astute and analytical
• Able to build and manage supplier relationships
• Ideally, you'll be minimum CIPS Level 4 qualified (or equivalent), or willingness to study CIPS
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and stakeholder management skills
• Able to commute to the office 5 days per week

What you'll get in return

• Competitive starting salary of £47,600 which increases every April
• Competitive local government pension scheme, with contributions up to 16%
• Flexible working hours
• Opportunity to take ownership of and shape the Procurement function
• CIPS study support
• Employee assistance programme which is accessible 24/7
• On-site parking available
• Competitive annual leave scheme which allows you to accrue an additional 3 days each year

What you need to do now

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Desired Skills and Experience

You must bring experience of tendering under PA23 and excellent stakeholder management skills. Ideally you will be CIPS Level 4 qualified as a minimum

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