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Procurement Operations Manager

Job Posted: 7 days ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Chichester, West Sussex

Expire in: 21 days

Job Description

A high performing local authority procurement team require a Procurement Operations Manager to lead analytical and operational support to the Head of Procurement and Category leadership teams. The Procurement Operations Manager will have 3 direct reports and will be responsible for procurement department; data, reporting, templates, process documents, tools, systems (Atamis e-procurement platform) and a Buying Desk.

The Procurement Operations Manager can be afforded a very high flexibility in terms of hybrid working, with just x1 day per week mandated in West Sussex. The Procurement Operations and Analytical function has reasonable maturity within the business, so the focus is on refinement rather than revolution and keeping the organisation compliant with the latest changes in public sector procurement regulations, processes and frameworks.

A strategic, and highly visible role within the organisation the Procurement Operations Manager will report to the Head of Procurement.

Specific duties of the Procurement Operations and Analytics Manager include:

Provide and present procurement reports and commercial analytics to senior stakeholders
Lead Procurement Analysts (via a Team Lead) in reporting, analytical and data ownership activity
Own, evolve and develop the Source-to-Contract (S2C) operating model
Lead and manage the Buying Desk (via a Team Lead), who oversee procurement activity to £100k via competitive quoting
Refine and develop procurement tools, processes, systems, and compliance mechanisms
Keep abreast of changes within public sector regulations and ensure compliance with frameworks etc. 

Procurement Operations and Analytics Manager applicants should meet the following criteria:

Previous experience in procurement, category management, analytics and/or commercial strategy
Familiarity with procurement systems (ERP, P2P, S2P, S2C) and e-sourcing platforms (Jagger, Atamis etc.) and working with procurement data
Previous managerial/leadership experience
Strong stakeholder engagement skills
An appetite for change and process improvement activities
Experience working within a regulated procurement environment

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