Procurement Manager

Our client is looking for a Procurement Manager to join them on a permanent basis.

Job Role

• Ensure 'procurement integrity’ through open, honest, transparent and fair tendering and procurement processes

• Reduce costs by leveraging buying power and negotiating price reductions of capital goods and services

• Identify, procure and implement robust procurement and purchase systems with supporting documentation such as contracts, purchase ordering, stock code creation, bill of materials, asset registers, goods receipts and invoice processing

• Implement clear guidance/ rules and controls to reduce amount of waste and 'informal’ procurement, leading to more co-ordinated, consistent and professional approach to procurement

• help identify risks to the business in its supply chain and mitigate those risks

• Increase efficiencies through greater consistency in approach

Skills Experience

• Experience of implementing a professional procurement process with associated systems

• Extensive experience and knowledge of procurement, tendering and contract management processes, including running multiple complex, high risk and value projects simultaneously

• Proven track record of achieving savings and service improvements through procurement with experience of delivering change in a complex organisation

• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, including successfully facilitating joint decision-making and building productive relationships between senior stakeholders within the business units, third party organisations and suppliers

• Good knowledge and experience of running successful tender exercises including use of comprehensive evaluation techniques