West Sussex County Council is seeking a Procurement Manager to oversee procurement activities, supporting the delivery of services to our residents and ensure a better quality of life.

Salary: £48,226 to £51,356 per annum.

Working Pattern: Full-time (37 hours per week) and part-time hours considered.

Contract Length: Permanent.

Location: County Hall, Chichester, with hybrid working options.

Interview: week commencing 27th July

We will be reviewing applications on a regular basis and reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. We encourage you to submit your application at your earliest convenience as we may interview before the advertised closing date.

Are you a good influencer with drive to make positive changes?

Looking for the next step in your Procurement career?

If so, this could be your next role.

As a Procurement Manager within our organisation, you will be responsible for overseeing the complete procurement and contract management processes.

You will assist stakeholders throughout the entire procurement cycle, including managing tenders via e-Sourcing portals, ensuring the delivery of value for money outcomes through effective and compliant procurement procedures.

Within the category (People) our annual expenditure with suppliers is c£600 million p/a.

You will manage and support sourcing projects support to award contracts that optimise quality, social value, cost, , delivery, and responsiveness for the organisation.

Team structure/reporting lines;

Head of Procurement & Contract Mgt
Category Lead (ownership of whole category groups: People, Place, Resources)
Category Manager (ownership of categories within People, Place, Resources)
Procurement Manager (delivery/implementation lead of category plans and competitive tenders)
Procurement Officer (supporting delivery/implementation of category plans and competitive tenders)

Experience and Skills

Key Skills:

Managing Procurement Processes: Capable of managing several small to medium-sized projects, including overseeing and facilitating tenders.
Analysis: Attention to detail. Being able to provide insights from data based on the validation and analysis you conduct.

Stakeholder Management: Possesses strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage effectively across multiple levels.

Communication: Communicates clearly and is able to adapt communication styles to suit the audience.
Negotiation: Demonstrates a range of negotiation skills and knows when to apply them.
Change Management: Understands change management and process improvement, with experience in supporting organisational change.

Qualifications and/or experience:

Knowledge and experience of public procurement processes (PA23) and The Health and Care Act 2022 Provider Selection Regime (PSR), using Government procurement frameworks and leading competitive tenders.
Experience of delivering and implementing sourcing strategies.
Knowledge and experience of using E tender portals to run sourcing exercises.
It is desirable to have experience in Social care or Health.
Has a good understanding of commercial risks and exposures and can demonstrate application of this.
Demonstrable experience of delivering total cost of ownership savings.
Developing project leadership and management capabilities and experience, can demonstrate capacity to manage multiple small and medium sized projects.
Understanding of supplier management and can demonstrate management of a supplier over time, tracking SLA's and compliance.
Working towards MCIPS or willingness to study for CIPS.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

Working for us

As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide a great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:

an excellent local government pension scheme
generous holiday entitlement of 30 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
volunteering opportunities
training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see ourStaff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further information

The reference number for this role is CRS01070.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Greg Povey Greg.Povey@westsussex.gov.uk.

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact hrrecruitment@westsussex.gov.uk.

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page.

Job Reference: CRS01070

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