Procurement Manager - West Sussex County Council : Job Details

Looking for the next step in your Procurement career?

If so, this could be the perfect role for you! Keep reading to find out more about this fantastic opportunity.

The Opportunity

Salary: £45,441 to £48,474 per annum

Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week

Location: County Hall, Chichester and hybrid working from home

Interview date: w/c 15 April

As a Procurement Manager with us you will manage the end-to-end procurement and contract management activities.

You will support stakeholders with the entire procurement cycle and managing the tenders via e-Sourcing portals, you will deliver value for money outcomes through effective and compliant procurement processes.

The Council has adopted a category-led approach, with three core category teams of People, Place and Resources. Across the three categories annual spend with our suppliers is c£650m/pa. We are seeking a Procurement Manager to support predominately in the Resources Category, covering the areas of Human Resources, Soft FM including catering, financial and legal services including pensions and insurance, professional services including consultancy, IT and elements of fleet and transport.

You will support the Resources Category Managers and wider team to develop and implement sourcing strategies through to design and delivery of procurement and contract management activities for our business terms who are your main customer.

Team structure/reporting lines;

• Head of Procurement & Contract Management
• Category Lead (ownership of whole category groups: People, Place, Resources)
• Category Manager (ownership of categories within People, Place, Resources)
• Procurement Manager (delivery/implementation lead of category plans, competitive tenders and management of the procurement cycle)
• Procurement Support Officer (supporting delivery/implementation of category plans and competitive tenders)

What are we looking for?

As our Procurement Manager, you will be able to demonstrate the relevant skills and experience, you will be someone that provides strong procurement advice for categories of spend. Key competency areas include technical procurement, influencing, change and stakeholder management, both internally and externally to support outcomes within a complex operating environment. You will need to be able to effectively prioritise your work and mange multiple projects at any one time. You will be an effective communicator, be able to build good working relationships and work well in a team as well as being able to manage tasks and activities autonomously.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

Working for us

As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide an great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential,

have access to a range of benefits including:

• an excellent local government pension scheme
• generous holiday entitlement of 30 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
• a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role

For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further information

The reference number for this role is CRS00812.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Neil Robb (Category Lead) at or Lucy Kelly at . For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page.

Note for Recruitment Agencies: We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!