Job Description

The Interim Senior Procurement Manager will oversee procurement strategies and ensure compliance with organisational policies within the not-for-profit sector. This temporary role based in Warwickshire requires a focused professional to manage procurement processes effectively and drive value for money.

Client Details

This opportunity is with a well-established organisation within the not-for-profit sector. The organisation operates at a large scale, providing essential services and maintaining a strong commitment to excellence in its operations.

Description

• Develop, implement and monitor top level category / capital project procurement strategies to achieve strict savings targets / budgets, timescales.
• Support achievement of Procurement Office KPIs and embed the category management framework across spend areas in excess of 10M p.a.
• Ensure procurement recommendations and continuous improvement initiatives support the organisation's strategic goals.
• Produce and present reports, options appraisals, business cases and KPIs analysis.
• Plan, lead and award complex procurement processes, contracts and framework agreements to achieve optimum savings, value for money and timescales.
• Comply with the organisation's 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 complex and commercially optimum specifications for incorporation into market engagements and tender exercises.
• Review contracts and licence agreements as appropriate to identify and address risks.
• Procurement lead for complex, strategic 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 to ensure benefits realisation, effective supplier performance management and exploit innovative opportunities from the supply chain.
• Designated Procurement link to one or more strategic departments, undertake procurement activity and provide expert advice to senior 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.

Profile

A successful Interim Senior Procurement Manager should have:

• Broad range of experience including category management, tendering, specification development, whole life and total cost evaluation, contract negotiation, formation and management.
• Skilled in developing and implementing top level category or capital project strategies to strict budgets / savings targets, timescales and KPI frameworks.
• Skilled in fostering effective relationships across senior internal and external groups. Influencing skills, collaborative approach and strong ability to work as part of a team.
• Skilled negotiator, ability to plan and lead complex, strategic negotiations and adapt negotiation style. Good understanding of commercial and legal risk management, financial assessments and ratio analysis.
• Skilled in delivering robust, auditable and effective procurement processes. In depth knowledge and application of competitive, cradle to grave tendering approaches, specification development, total and whole life cost analysis, contract award and management. Knowledge and compliance with key regulatory requirements.
• Desirable: Working knowledge and experience of EU Procurement Directives / Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as updated from time to time).

Job Offer

• Competitive daily rate of 500 to 600 (Umbrella)
• Temporary position offering flexibility and a chance to make a significant impact.
• Opportunity to work within a respected not-for-profit organisation.
• Engage in meaningful work within a collaborative environment.
• Based in Warwickshire with accessible transport links.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced procurement professional to contribute to a valued organisation. If you meet the criteria and are ready for a new challenge, we encourage you to apply.