Head of Procurement

HEAD OF PROCUREMENT

LOCATION: MANCHESTER

DURATION: 6 MONTHS [INITIALLY]

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

As head of the Purchasing and Supply function the post holder will provide and manage a professional procurement service to the client, contributing to the development and achievement of the corporate plan.

The post holder will ensure that the service is sensitive, responsive and flexible to the changing needs of the users balanced against the needs to remain cost effective. The main task being to provide a strong and effective professional management focus leading to the achievement of national, regional and local agreed targets, efficiencies and added value initiatives.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

COMMUNICATION & RELATIONSHIP SKILLS

- To act as the interface between external organisations and represent the complex needs of the client stakeholders in this process.
- Advises and constrains senior budget holders over financial issues, persuading them to a certain course of action.
- Negotiates with client and external organisations over significant cost and service issues.
- Develops and delivers formal, complex financial presentations (ie multi-faceted business cases) to large groups of (often senior) finance and non-finance managers, conveys financial concepts clearly and persuasively to board members.
- Well-developed negotiation, persuasive and facilitative influencing skills.
- Constructive contribution to team objectives.
- Develops productive ongoing relationships with Directors, stakeholders, customers and suppliers.
- Excellent telephone manner and excellent communication skills.

KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING & EXPERIENCE

Holding the professional CIPS diploma and educated to degree level (or equivalent in-depth experience) you will have extensive and very significant highly developed specialist knowledge and senior experience in public procurement legislation in order to offer strategic advice and guidance to the senior management team and managers involved in procuring goods and services.

Provision of advice in relation to corporate governance issues (Standing Financial Instructions (SFI's) and Standing Orders (SO) relating to procurement and on the complex detail of European, national and international legislation and process, including working with commercially sensitive and confidential information.

Educated to degree level or equivalent in-depth experience.

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