Procurement Manager – New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald / Hybrid, United Kingdom
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the role
As a Procurement Manager youll work in our Procurement and Commercial Team, with responsibility for a range of procurements valued over 100,000. We have a pipeline of high-profile projects planned over the next few years mainly relating to adults and childrens social care. This role is for a fixed-term period until 31 March 2028 to support the Council to deliver our procurement pipeline and to help us prepare for upcoming local government reform.
The Procurement Team work on a hybrid basis, from home or at our purpose-built, state of the art offices in Alconbury Weald. We get together at least a couple of times a month for collaborative working and when required (if youd prefer to work in the office more regularly, youre able to do so). Additional face-to-face time in the office will be provided to support with your induction, training and development. There may also be the occasional requirement to travel around the County and beyond to meet the requirements of our clients.
Although we often work remotely, the team are in frequent contact with each other and always available to talk to; we have a very friendly, encouraging working environment and new starters have always commented on how welcome and settled they have been made to feel in the team.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Sarah Fuller via email sarah.fuller@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.
About you
Were looking for someone with recent technical and practical knowledge of UK public sector procurement. Knowledge and experience of processes relating to social care, health and education is particularly advantageous.
You will need to be able to plan and prioritise your time, working with stakeholders across the organisation, taking a project management approach. You will be flexible, with the ability to balance competing priorities and respond effectively to new demands.
You will be confident with MS Office and able to learn to use new IT systems, specifically our e-tendering system.
If you feel you have relevant transferable skills, please do apply as we will always take this into account when shortlisting.
About usCambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.https://youtu.be/DDE1nplZttYVisit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers…