Procurement Delivery Manager - Internal Applicants Only in Walthamstow

Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest

Salary: PO4 - £49,056 - £52,194

Contract Type: Full-time Permanent

Working hours per week: 36

Application Deadline: 25/05/2026

Proposed Interview Date(s): TBC

Reference: 2101

About Us:

Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work. We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.

London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

About the role:

The Supply Chain Division in Waltham Forest is responsible for taking a strategic view of the Council’s supply chain, internal and external, ensuring value for money contracts are established, strategic contracts managed effectively, and performance and business intelligence used to manage external suppliers and challenge internal services. An opportunity has arisen for a Procurement Delivery Manager in an award-winning team to be responsible for supporting the Procurement / Supply Chain function, in managing and delivering high value OJEU level procurement projects, across a range of category spend areas. As part of a shared service across both Waltham Forest and Redbridge Councils, this role is key to supporting the Procurement functions category management based approach to Procurement, by ensuring that commercial activities fully support the Council’s best value requirements, internal governance procedures and also relevant Strategic Sourcing Strategies. Responsibilities will also include the development of sourcing strategies for tactical spend areas e.g. office supplies, the timely and accurate preparation and presentation of reports to various governance boards, alongside providing support for junior staff, where appropriate. Working as part of a cross functional and busy team, the successful candidate will understand the importance of effective procurement in an Organisation and have the ability to provide specialist procurement advice, guidance and support, plus robust challenge to internal /external stakeholders.

The People and Corporate category supports the following areas:

• Adult Social Care and support
• Children’s Social Care and Support
• Early Years and Wellbeing
• Special Education Needs and Disabilities
• Public Health Services
• IT & Digital (Software and Hardware)
• Interim & Permanent Recruitment
• Corporate Services (Legal, Consultancy, Tax, Audit, Insurance)
• Fleet & Travel

We’re looking for someone who has a minimum Level 4 CIPS and/or experience of working in a Public Sector procurement environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead on the development of procurement and commissioning arrangements for services.
• Lead on specific projects as required.
• Project manage tactical spend subcategories.
• Provide specialist advice, guidance, support and challenge to internal /external stakeholders.
• Liaise with delivery partners / providers / suppliers to commission / co-ordinate / evaluate appropriate service delivery / capacity within area of responsibility.
• To work collaboratively with other authorities on joint procurement initiatives.
• People category contracts Corporate contracts NHS Provider Selection Regime (PSR) across the council’s health care services/contracts.
• Procurement Act 2023

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Minimum Level 4 CIPS, working towards full CIPS membership (level 6)
• Practical understanding of the UK Public Contracts Regulations and associated legislation.
• Understanding of the role that procurement can play in supporting wider agendas such as equality and sustainability.
• Experience in working cross functional project teams.
• Strong communication and influencing skills and the ability to explain issues.

Relevant experience and skills:

• Practical experience of letting 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.
• Experience of working with and leading a cross functional team.
• Practical experience of managing supplier relationships and negotiating contract changes.
• The ability to flexibly manage a number of tenders at one time.
• Good communication and influencing skills.
• Good level of numeracy & I.T. skills i.e., proficiency in using Microsoft packages and the Internet.
• Understanding of the contribution that procurement can make to the economy, the environment and the equality agenda.
• Experience of working with e-procurement and e-tendering systems.
• Strong customer service skills.

Terms and conditions:

• Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
• Satisfactory declaration of interest;
• As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the ‘Apply’ button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives:

• Promoting equality of opportunity
• Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage
• Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels.
• Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all.

Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.

To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.

For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit here.

Contact Information:

If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Rita Emesim, Head of Supply Chain. Email: Rita.emesim@walthamforest.gov.uk

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.

The Council’s preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.