Procurement Manager

Role

Procurement Manager

Salary/Rate: GBP70-77 per hour inside IR35. Location: Hybrid, Reading. Contract Duration: 18-months.

Security Clearance

SC Clearance (Security Check).

Essential Skills / Experience

• Proven procurement and strategic sourcing experience within the public sector, including use of Government frameworks.
• Strong working knowledge of PA23 and PCR, with demonstrable compliance in complex procurement environments.
• Experience managing NEC contracts.
• Effective stakeholder management skills across internal teams, suppliers and government/commercial partners.
• Practical experience in supplier relationship management, including supplier segmentation, performance and risk management.
• Ability to identify, assess and mitigate contract and supplier risk, including quality, HSE, environmental and supply chain resilience.
• Track record of developing and implementing supplier strategies and robust contract control/reporting systems.
• Exposure to Jaegger or similar e-procurement systems (desirable).
• Experience in defence, nuclear or highly regulated environments (desirable).
• MCIPS qualification or working towards (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Act as a role model for health, safety, environmental and quality management, ensuring contracts align with business safety and quality management systems.
• Establish credibility and manage complex working relationships with internal and external parties, including commercial and government partners.
• Drive supplier segmentation (quality, performance, risk) per the organisation’s Supplier Relationship Management Framework and implement SRM for assigned suppliers.
• Monitor and mitigate supplier risks, including quality, environmental, health and safety, supplier fragility and dependency, and create corrective action plans.
• Develop and implement Supplier Strategies for assigned key suppliers.
• Ensure robust contract control systems support post-contract commitments and satisfy reporting/governance processes.
• Ensure legal compliance with contracts by monitoring changes in laws or regulations that may affect the company’s obligations, mitigating conflicts of interest or breaches of the ethics policy.
• Provide an effective contract reporting and engagement strategy to align stakeholders to contract risks and opportunities.
• Identify and estimate likelihood and impact of contract-related risk, establish mitigation methods aligned to business needs, and track effectiveness.
• Maintain a robust SRM delivery plan for all assigned critical suppliers.

Inclusion / Equality

We are members of the Disability Confident Scheme and guarantee to interview all candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the vacancy. We also guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel who meet the essential criteria.

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