Principal Procurement Manager

Principal Procurement Manager, Oxford, £48,836-£51,556 per annum, Contract up to 3 years

My client, based in Oxford is looking for a Principal Procurement Manager to develop and lead the delivery of an efficient and effective procurement and contracting service targeted at Back Office, ICT and education services.  The main purpose of this job is to be the strategic lead in developing and delivering source plans for these services ensuring key objectives are met.

As a Principal Procurement Manager, you will also carry out the following:

Maintain and lead the supply market knowledge for assigned categories of spend, designing, developing, implementing and refining procurement and supply policies and strategies

Undertake market, product, supplier and organisational research to establish a base of knowledge about existing and future requirements

Be responsible for the management of current portfolio, developing and maintaining a database of all contracts within the portfolio and spend categories allocated including the re-letting and development of new contracts

Develop and agree a programme of contracting activity to ensure that all contracts in the portfolio are re-negotiated correctly

Identify opportunities for improving value for money and cost efficiency and in particular develop detailed plans to meet the Directorates efficiency cost savings targets

Developing and improving relationships with internal and external customers and lead on networking and participation in internal and external collaborative procurement forums

The ideal candidate will have the following:

MCIPS full or nearly completed or equivalent

Experience of procurement in large organisations, preferably public sector

Experience in EU Procurement regulations and processes (OJEU or OJEC)

Knowledge of Competitive Dialogue Procedures

Experience in School Services (Scholastic) is desirable

Experience in outsourcing services

Experience of handling complex procurement projects

Attention to detail and project management skills

Experience of Microsoft applications

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Each candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.

Champion Technical, a specialist division of Champion Employment Ltd acting as an Employment Agency & Business.

Please note:
Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted at this time. If you do not hear back from us within four days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application.