Interim Procurement Advisor

The Client:

Our client, a London Borough, are transforming the way they procure goods and services and as a result require up to three procurement managers/advisors for a period of 3 months initially.

The Interim Assignment:

Reporting to the Head of Commercial Services, the main purpose of these roles will be to drive forward the council's commercial procurement and transformation programmes, in line with ambitious and long-term savings targets right across the Council.

The Interim Manager:

We are looking for up to three interim managers to join our client, initially on 3 month contracts, which are likely to be extended.

Specifically, candidates will be delivering procurement savings through robust contract management, letting and renegotiation on a category basis. We are looking for interims who have experience either in procurement that relates to Environmental and Regeneration Services, or to services delivered at the Corporate Centre - eg finance, HR, legal, IT, customer services.

Candidates will be CIPS qualified and will have recent Local Government experience, most likely as a Procurement Manager, Category Manager or Advisor. We are particularly interested in candidates who have experience in the service areas above who can demonstrate strong OJEU knowledge and the end-to-end management of the full life cycle of major contracts.

We are unable to consider applicants who do not have the above experience.