Senior Procurement Manager further location added

Details
Reference number
415878

Salary
£44,081

(Croydon £48,124)

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP
Job grade
Senior Executive Officer

Contract type
Permanent

Business area
HMLR – Finance and Business Services – Commercial Group

Type of role
Commercial
Finance
Procurement and Contracts Management

Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time

Number of jobs available
1

Contents

Location
About the job
Benefits
Things you need to know
Apply and further information

Location

Croydon, London (region), CR0 2AQ : Leicester, East Midlands (England), LE3 5DR : Nottingham, East Midlands (England), NG2 1AW : Plymouth, South West England, PL6 5WS : Swansea, Wales, SA7 9FQ

About the job

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Commercial Group as a Senior Procurement Manager. In this role, you will deliver professional commercial and contract advice and play a key part in ensuring that procurement activities throughout HM Land Registry are undertaken in accordance with the appropriate legislation, procurement regulations and prevailing Government guidelines and best practice.

You will gain exposure to driving transformation across the organisation and be at the forefront of the Commercial Group supporting this by helping to shape and develop commercial capability. We will support your continuous professional training and on-going investment in learning and development.

Job description
HM Land Registry is focused on providing a more digitally enabled and customer-focused future for its Land Registration activities and becoming a more digital data-driven registration business. These strategic changes will impact on current business operations as well as the future operating model for HM Land Registry.

The scope of the tenders can be high profile and significant in value, and you ll have the opportunity to network with other government commercial teams.

Main Duties:

Lead and manage part of the Commercial Group, ensuring compliance with HMLR s commercial obligations and in accordance with its objectives; plan and prioritise commercial activity within the Team, providing and completing appropriate Management Information to support the commercial agenda.
Engage with suppliers in the marketplace, across a variety of stages within the procurement process (including pre-market engagement, pre and post contract award) to ensure a competitive landscape and supply chain.
Work with teams across HMLR to develop specifications, evaluation criteria, terms and conditions as part of the bidders pack. Manage the procurement processes, to ensure activities are undertaken in accordance with the appropriate legislation, procurement regulations and prevailing Government (Crown Commercial Service) guidelines and best practice.
Develop commercial practices and processes and ensure commercial risk controls are in place; make informed commercial decisions and recommendations, understanding the impact of these upon the business as a whole.
Communicate openly and effectively with stakeholders of all levels from across the business, translating complex commercial decisions into relatable concepts to promote understanding of wider business needs and securing buy-in.
Engage with key stakeholders across HMLR to provide professional commercial advice and ensure that effective and efficient commercial activity delivers the best value for HMLR; deliver commercial engagements in a manner which engenders a good understanding of commercial responsibility and gives an enhanced customer service.
Use their credible experience and expertise to influence and advise senior stakeholders with commercial activities.
Understand priority and benefits of different actions and activities to consider how to achieve cost effective outcomes.
Plan and manage own and team s workload to meet deadlines; understand priorities and be responsible for delivery.
Pre-empt problems/ issues, and take ownership when they occur seeking advice on proposed solutions.

Please note that due to the nature of the role you will be required to work full time. There will also be a requirement for occasional travel to other HM Land Registry Offices, which will include overnight stay(s).

Person specification
Essential Technical Skills:

Hold or be working towards (if not already held) a full professional qualification in procurement and supply at MCIPS (Professional Membership of Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply) or equivalent.
Proficient in MS Excel

Essential Experience:

Experience of procuring goods and / or services and contract management in a similar environment
Experience of delivering high quality and practical procurement related advice, guidance (policies, procedures and templates) and management information
Strong customer focus with the ability to make robust decisions as and when required
Strong communicator with effective presentation and written communication skills
Must be able to introduce or adapt to change in line with emerging business drivers
Excellent planning and organising skills including ability to prioritise workload
Experience of presenting commercial and business-related training content
Experience in coaching and developing colleagues and stakeholders in Commercial best practice, in order to increase commercial capability within the organisation
Has effective and influential communication skills (verbal and written), in particular, the ability to both understand and translate technical jargon
Ability to lead a Team to drive performance and engagement

Where an individual taking up the responsibility will be based in Swansea Office, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

For more information about the role, please see the attached Candidate Pack.

Qualifications
Hold or be working towards (if not already held) a full professional qualification in procurement and supply at MCIPS (Professional Membership of Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply) or equivalent.

Behaviours
We\’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Making Effective Decisions
Communicating and Influencing
Delivering at Pace
Leadership

Technical skills
We\’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Hold or be working towards (if not already held) a full professional qualification in procurement and supply at MCIPS (Professional Membership of Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply) or equivalent Proficient in MS Excel

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £44,081, HM Land Registry contributes £12,770 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

At HM Land Registry our vision is a world leading property market as part of a thriving economy and a sustainable future. We are unique in terms of the economic and social impacts of our work, our ability to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers, our sense of mission, and our great people. They are the foundation of all we have achieved and all we aspire to in the future. We want our people to feel proud to work for HM Land Registry and able to fulfil their full potential.

We have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development, and flexible ways of working. We offer competitive pay and annual leave, attractive pension options and a wide range of other benefits.

We have integrity we value honesty, trust and doing the right thing in the right way.
We drive innovation we are forward-thinking, embrace change and are continually improving our processes.
We are professional we value and grow our knowledge and professional expertise.
We give assurance we guarantee our services and provide confidence to the property market.

You can find more information on our rewards package on our website.

Things you need to know

Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

To apply, you will need to attach your CV where prompted in the online application form and complete a Technical skills section and Personal Statement by no later than 11:55pm on Monday 28th July 2025.

Please ensure that your CV details how you meet the following essential Experience criteria, as it will be assessed against this at sift:

Experience of procuring goods and / or services and contract management in a similar environment

In no more than 250 words, the Technical skills section should be used to detail how you meet the following essential Technical skills criteria:

Hold or be working towards (if not already held) a full professional qualification in procurement and supply at MCIPS (Professional Membership of Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply) or equivalent
Proficient in MS Excel

In no more than 250 words, the Personal Statement section should be used to outline your skills and experience for the role and provide details of how you meet the following essential Experience criteria:

Experience of delivering high quality and practical procurement related advice, guidance (policies, procedures and templates) and management information

The sift will take place shortly after the closing date.

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