Specialists in professional temporary recruitment
Interim Procurement Manager
Based in London
Length: 3 months initially (potential to extend to 12)
Inside IR35
Hybrid working (1 day per week in the office)
A Local authority in London is recruiting for an Interim Procurement Manager to support their ambitious and commercially driven team who procure services across two London Boroughs.
Key Responsibilities of the Interim Procurement Manager:
- Covering procurement of indirect services e.g. IT, FM, Print, Recruitment
- To lead on the development of procurement arrangements for services working through all stages of options appraisal, analysing market intelligence, supplier engagement and tendering
- Provide specialist advice, guidance, support and challenge to internal /external stakeholders and work with them to find mutually agreeable/beneficial solutions
- Liaise with delivery partners / providers / suppliers to commission / co-ordinate /evaluate appropriate service delivery /capacity within area of responsibility
- Negotiate contractual / framework agreements and support their implementation as required
- Undertake all procurement activities e.g. drafting tends documents, helping stakeholders with specification, invitation to tenders, quotations, drafting schedules, tender moderations
Skills and experience required from the Interim Procurement Manager:
- CIPS qualified is essential as is experience in Public sector procurement (ideally in a Local Authority)
- Practical experience of leading a wide range of contracts delivering savings
- Practical experience of working with the UK Public Contracts Regulations
- Experience of the entire contract cycle from developing options through to tendering, awarding and managing the contracts
- Ideally experience on Proactis/Pro contract
- Able to be commercially creative and identify opportunities/areas of income
To apply for this role or to find out about other jobs, please contact Jake Powell or Nicola Gradon on the London Local Government Recruitment team on 020 7557 7667 or send your CV to localgov@venngroup.com
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