Procurement & Contracts Manager

My London based public sector client os ;looking for a Procurement & Contract Manager to join the team on a permanent basis. As a key member of the procurement team, you will undertake a range of duties to support the delivery of the procurement strategy, including oversight of the group contracts including soft FM. You will support the Head of Procurement, providing procurement expertise and delivering the contracts pipeline including designing the contract management processes for high value contracts, embedding these across the organisation and ensuring that contracts are managed professionally and deliver excellent value for money.

Reporting into the Head of Procurement, the Procurement & Contracts Manager will work closely with internal stakeholders to devise and deliver an effective procurement framework, influencing spend and identifying and leveraging synergies to manage non-pay expenditure across the group.

Responsibilities of the role will include:

You’ll be responsible for supporting the development of procurement plans and strategies for key areas of expenditure and maximising the value for money obtained in the acquisition of goods and services through sustainable, efficient, and effective practices including the management of risks and compliance with public sector procurement regulations.

Key activities will include:

• Leading negotiations with suppliers, supplier management, contract development, competitive tendering, market research, spend analysis benchmarking, and contract management
• The identification and prioritisation of opportunities for savings on all spend categories
• Ensuring all procurement processes undertaken are compliant with Public Contract Regulations 2015, all relevant legislation, and policies.
• Maintaining the contracts register and contracts database, ensuring that the contracts data informs the overall annual procurement strategy.
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to build relationships, understand customer needs, maintain a rolling schedule of future procurement requirements/tendering exercises and develop sourcing strategies, exploiting opportunities for collaboration.
• Promote group contracts and framework agreements that represent best value, reducing off-contract spend to a minimum.