Procurement Manager in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Our client is looking for a Procurement Manager to join their business on a permanent basis, working in Manchester City Centre.
ROLE PURPOSE:
To lead and manage a broad portfolio of multi-million pound commodities and projects and to act as the primary procurement representative with Senior Stakeholders. To ensure maximum commercial advantage is gained along with delivering savings, improved performance, best whole life cost and minimised risk to the business.
Duties:
* Lead procurement activity including all tendering activity through to final commercial arrangement and contract and Framework sign off. Projects will be a range of values including a number of Multi million pound projects
* Creatively identify and deliver a broad spectrum of significant savings and service improvements
* Identify significant opportunities to reduce costs, reduce operational and commercial risks and increase value via the collection, and interpretation of detailed and complex information
* Skilled in sourcing practices including e-procurement and conversant with current EU procurement regulations
* Identify and influence the businesses wide commercial synergies to ensure optimum collaboration between all appropriate parts of the company
* Work with key suppliers to deliver value and ensure continuous improvement throughout the life of the contract
* Negotiate with and influence suppliers to achieve improved service and quality
* Performance management using agreed SLAs/KPIs
* Promote a downstream competitive tendering environment within the existing supplier base
* Ensure that all supplier related engagements and contracts continue to deliver full life best value for money and continue to comply with processes and requirements
* Work with both suppliers and operational functions to explore and investigate any potential opportunities where costs can be reduced, quality improved and processes simplified
* Ensure compliance with governance and where applicable EU Procurement directives
* Ability to influence and negotiate with internal stakeholders to deliver Procurement led initiatives
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