Senior Procurement Manager (Permanent)

Senior Procurement Manager (Business Energy & Service) - Birmingham with National Travel, Permanent

We are recruiting for a Senior Procurement Manager (Business Energy & Service) for our Client to be based in Birmingham with National Travel. This is a permanent full time role working 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday 09:00 - 17:00. On offer is a competitive salary, company vehicle or allowance, bonus and benefits package.

The Senior Procurement Manager will be responsible for maximising the value of Procurement for our Client by implementing new supplier contracts while ensuring service continuity and delivering ongoing value and savings in line with the Procurement Policy.

This role is specifically responsible for:

• Delivering professional procurement services to internal customers at all levels in the Business Unit(s) they may be responsible for.
• Identifying and delivering value (including bottom line savings) on an ongoing basis and to meet specific in-year targets.
• Proactively and professionally engaging with internal customers to understand their specific requirements linked to end customer commitments.
• Managing those suppliers who deliver services that are specific to the Business Unit and sourcing new suppliers who are best able to meet the needs of the Business; ensuring best value, fitness for purpose, risk reduction and a quality service to the end customer.
• Identifying opportunities to deliver value by aligning with our Category approach and managing the successful delivery and transparent reporting of deliverables.
• Driving innovation into our customer offerings.
• Streamlining procurement processes and procedures.
• Exceeding on our sustainability commitments.

The successful applicant will be responsible for providing market knowledge to the business working closely with other support functions and the wider Procurement team to ensure:

• The spend they look after complies with the Clients Procurement Strategy, Policies and Processes.
• Ensuring the Client is leveraging parent company group agreements.
• Inputs are proactively made to all reporting (compliance, spend, savings and other) including recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Localised & Divisional Procurement needs are aligned to a Category approach wherever possible.
• Supplier Framework Agreements and Contracts are used and publicised across the business to ensure all colleagues know who to buy from and how much to pay.
• Engage with operational teams to manage the performance of subcontractors.

Qualifications

• Recent experience in Services and / or Facilities Management
• Good previous experience in a Procurement role
• Previous experience in a line management role
• Experience of Stakeholder Management and Influencing skills
• CIPS, or working towards or a relevant Procurement degree

The post holder may need to undertake other tasks as and when needed to support the priorities of the Procurement Function at any given time. One key additional task includes providing day to day supervision and line management for team members. National travel is likely in this role.