Procurement Business Partner

The Procurement Business Partner will play a pivotal role in overseeing procurement processes and building strong relationships to ensure value for money and compliance. This permanent position in the West Midlands requires a proactive approach to managing procurement strategies.

This opportunity is with a well-established organisation known for its commitment to delivering essential services to its community. As a respected entity, the organisation values efficient procurement practices to support its long-term goals.

Description

• Effectively manage and lead on multiple high value, high risk and complex covered procurement initiatives simultaneously, from initiation through to contract handover, ensuring the organisation is fully equipped to deliver against operational targets with appropriate supply chain arrangements, applying effective project management and planning techniques.
• Continuously apply relevant and applicable legislation including the Public Contract Regulations (PCR15) and The Procurement Act.
• Demonstrate outstanding stakeholder management, with colleagues, cross‑functionally and at all levels, suppliers and third parties, utilising exceptional influencing skills to foster collaboration and drive engagement creating strong and effective relationships.
• Routinely collaborate with business partner areas to sufficiently understand their needs and secure agreement to plans, actions and target outcomes, providing appropriate support, professional advice and a 'solutions focused' attitude that balances stakeholder requirements with proportionate risk management.
• Responsibility for proactive analysis of designated spend categories to determine risk and identify cost saving initiatives and opportunities for collaboration and aggregation, optimally reducing waste and inefficiencies, determining procurement pipeline activity that is fully aligned to the needs and priorities of the organisation.
• Identify compliant procurement route options, exploring the relative benefits of each, applying a consistent approach for developing sourcing strategies at various levels of expenditure categories, category, sub‑category and individual contract, including target 'Best Value' outcomes to be achieved to professionally recommend the optimum procurement route.
• Produce robust, compliant procurement documents both from standard templates and bespoke, e.g. tender documents, conditions of participation, assessment questions, and whole‑life cost evaluation models that result in commercially astute contracts that deliver tangible solution‑focused outcomes and value for money benefits.
• Diligently manage and be accountable for tender processes through the e‑procurement system, undertaking evaluations of tender returns, including minimum criteria assessments, financial standing and supplier due diligence (both first and second tier) identifying risks and associated mitigations alongside coaching operational colleagues on evaluation methodology to ensure the conduction of legally compliant evaluations of tender returns with all material decisions appropriately recorded.

Profile

• A strong understanding of procurement regulations, particularly in the public sector (PCR 2015 and PA 23).
• A solid understanding of different contract forms including model documents and standard forms such as JCT, with confidence to accurately draft such documents.
• Experience of procurement category management including 'upstream' market understanding, procurement strategy, tendering, contract award and 'downstream' contract implementation and management.
• Experience in managing supplier relationships and driving value for money.
• Demonstrable negotiation skills to support commercial dialogue with the supply chain.
• Excellent analytical and organisational skills to optimise procurement processes.
• Strong communication abilities to effectively collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.

Benefits

• A competitive salary of GBP55,000 - GBP65,000 per annum.
• LGPS.
• 27 days annual leave (plus three days for Christmas shut down).
• Access to the annual leave purchase scheme.
• Access to a car leasing scheme.
• A range of shopping and leisure discounts.

If you are an experienced Procurement Manager looking to make a tangible impact, we encourage you to apply today.