Procurement Portfolio Manager

Scottish Government
Job description

The Procurement Services Division is the procurement delivery function for the Scottish Government. The Division provides procurement and commercial services to both internal stakeholders and external customers (public bodies) through four teams, each led by a Procurement Portfolio Manager. You will be responsible for delivering all aspects of a high-quality procurement and commercial service, while also contributing to the strategic management of the Scottish Government’s Procurement Services Division.

The Procurement Portfolio Manager leads a team of procurement professionals in the development, planning, and delivery of high-value, complex, and high-risk sourcing strategies and Invitations to Tender (ITTs), supporting the delivery of frameworks and contracts. The delegated purchasing authority associated with this role is typically in the region of £25 million.

You will be a member of the Division’s Senior Management Team, playing a key role in the strategic leadership of the procurement function. This includes enabling delivery for key customers across the Scottish Government, supporting major programmes and projects such as Central Government Procurement Shared Services, the Centre of Excellence, Commercial Value for Money initiatives, and the Vessels Replacement Programme.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all aspects of commercial and procurement governance, demonstrating high quality commercial skills and compliance with public procurement rules. This will include leading a team of procurement professionals in the development, planning and implementation of procurement and commercial strategies for complex high value, high risk, diverse portfolios of procurements.
• Hold key governance roles within high profile programs in the Scottish Government, ensuring that all commercial and procurement risks are articulated, understood and managed appropriately.
• Provide clear direction and leadership to your team as well as internal and external senior stakeholders. The post holder will be required to lead the resolution of complex decisions and issues to achieve outcomes providing robust commercial advice and guidance to customers’ senior leadership teams, senior stakeholders and staff.
• Work across the organisation, sharing experience and input to the identification and deployment of best practice.
• Advise on legal, policy and other requirements pertaining to strategic public procurement. The Senior Portfolio Manager will be expert in their portfolio, pushing boundaries with innovative approaches.
• The Procurement Portfolio Manager will proactively manage and develop the supply base to continually improve customer service and value for money whilst delivering sustainable procurement benefits in line with procurement policy.
• Realise identifiable savings and other benefits to the wider government economic and sustainability agenda.
• Work flexibly both within the Division and across the Directorate to help deliver the organisation’s wider goals in line with the Directorate Plan.
• Promote flexible working across the team and contribute to best practice initiatives.
• Work effectively with a range of key stakeholders in Scottish Government, external markets, and Central Government bodies and UK other government departments to deliver credible procurement strategies and contracts.