As a Procurement Business Partner in Walsall, you will manage procurement activity across the Not For Profit organisation, helping teams source goods and services that meet their needs. You will work closely with colleagues to keep purchasing plans clear, well organised and aligned with business priorities.

Client Details

The organisation operates in the Not For Profit sector in Walsall.

Description

• Effectively manage and lead on multiple high value, high risk and complex covered procurement initiatives simultaneously, from initiation through to contract handover.
• Have a solid understanding of public contracts procurement legislation (both Public Contract Regulations 2015 and Procurement Act 2023).
• To continuously and apply relevant and applicable legislation including the Public Contract Regulations (PCR15) and The Procurement Act
• Ensure adherence with the organisations Governance Framework and procurement and contract management policy alongside wide policies and procedures.
• Demonstrate outstanding Stakeholder Management, with colleagues, cross functionally and at all levels, suppliers and third parties, utilising exceptional influencing skills to foster collaboration and drive engagement creating strong and effective relationships.
• Routinely collaborate, with business partner areas to sufficiently understand their needs and secure agreement to plans, actions and target outcomes, providing appropriate support, professional advice and a 'solutions focused' attitude that balances stakeholder requirements with proportionate risk management.
• Responsible for proactive analysis of designated spend categories to determine risk and identify cost saving initiatives and opportunities for collaboration and aggregation.
• Determine supply market status, conducting preliminary market engagement to research supply markets to ensure expert, current knowledge and understanding of existing offerings, innovations, market capacity, capability, appetite and cost drivers.
• Identify compliant procurement route options, exploring the relative benefits of each, applying a consistent approach for developing Sourcing Strategies at various levels of expenditure categories, category, sub-category and individual contract, including target Best Value outcomes to be achieved to professionally recommend the optimum procurement route.
• Produce robust, compliant procurement documents both from standard templates and bespoke, e.g. tender documents, conditions of participation, assessment questions, and whole life cost evaluation models that result in commercially astute contracts that deliver tangible solution focused outcomes and value for money benefits.
• Fully conversant with a good solid understanding of different contract forms including model documents and standard forms such as JCT, with confidence to accurately draft such documents.
• Responsible for making professional recommendations for contract award ensuring that tender assessment summaries and award reports are compliant along with leading on supplier de-briefing.
• Take responsibility for delivery of projects allocated on the procurement pipeline, reporting upon progress, ensuring at all times the pipelines accuracy for transparency and audit purposes.

Profile

A successful 'Procurement Business Partner' should have:

• Experience of working in a regulated procurement environment and using framework agreements.
• Experience of carrying out major procurement exercises.
• Experience of procurement category management including 'upstream' market understanding, procurement strategy, tendering, contract award and 'downstream' contract implementation and management.
• Detailed working knowledge of Public Contract Regulations (PCR15) and The Procurement Act and associated legislation such as The Social Value Act 2012, with a self-initiated immersive appreciation.
• Skilled in contract and tender document drafting including JCT and model service contracts.
• Demonstratable negotiation skills to support commercial dialogue with the supply chain.
• nurturing of key relationships with senior stakeholders and supply partners, with the stature and expertise to become and act as a trusted commercial advisor.

Job Offer

• Salary of £48,000 to £65,000, dependent on the level of experience.
• Access to annual leave purchase scheme
• Access to a choice of two great pension schemes: LGPS (Employee contribution of 6% or SHPS (Employee contribution of 3%)
• A health cash plan
• Access to a car leasing scheme
• A range of shopping and leisure discounts

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