Senior Procurement Manager

Michael Page Procurement & Supply Chain

This is Senior Procurement Manager role includes responsibility for managing and developing a team, providing strategic direction across complex procurement activity and acting as a trusted business partner to senior stakeholders across the organisation. You will lead on high-value and high-profile procurements, ensuring compliant, commercially robust and value-driven outcomes that support organisational priorities.

Client Details

This is a permanent position within a medium-sized public sector organisation that focuses on delivering value-driven services. The organisation is committed to operational excellence and serves a diverse community in Birmingham.

Description

• Partner closely with the Procurement team and senior stakeholders to identify opportunities to maximise value for money, shape category strategies and support the successful delivery of strategic procurement initiatives across the organisation.
• Lead, manage and develop a team of procurement professionals, providing clear direction, coaching and performance management to ensure a high-performing, customer-focused procurement service.
• Oversee the delivery of complex procurement projects and savings opportunities, ensuring objectives, benefits and success criteria are achieved in line with organisational priorities and stakeholder expectations.
• Establish and maintain effective demand management and pipeline planning processes, ensuring visibility of current and future procurement activity.
• Embed Social Value and Real Living Wage principles into procurement strategies, tender documentation and contract delivery, ensuring wider economic and community benefits are achieved.
• Champion the importance of procurement across the organisation, promoting best practice, continuous improvement and strong commercial governance to support the organisations strategic objectives.
• Provide expert advice on UK public procurement legislation, including the Procurement Act 2023 and Public Contracts Regulations 2015, ensuring all procurement activity remains compliant and aligned to current policy and best practice.
• Set, monitor and review team objectives and development plans, supporting continuous professional development and alignment with organisational and performance management objectives.
• Act as the senior procurement lead for designated business areas, leading end-to-end tender activity and providing trusted commercial advice within a regulated public sector environment.

Profile

A successful Senior Procurement Manager should have:

• Extensive public sector procurement experience, with strong knowledge of the Procurement Act 2023 and Public Contracts Regulations 2015, including leading complex end-to-end procurement activity in a regulated environment.
• Proven experience managing and developing a team of Procurement professionals, with the ability to provide leadership, coaching and performance management across multiple workstreams.
• Strong business partnering and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders, build credibility quickly and provide trusted commercial advice across the organisation.
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of how procurement can deliver wider social value, sustainability and community benefits alongside value for money and compliance.

Job Offer

• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Shared cost additional voluntary contribution scheme where you can build an additional pot of money alongside your pension with contributions exempt from Income Tax and National Insurance contributions (NICs).
• 28 days annual leave (with an option to purchase more) + Statutory days.
• EV car benefit scheme
• Healthcare plan
• Discounted gym membership, will writing and mortgage advice.
• Discounted shopping with over 2,000 big-name retailers, and more.
• Boundless unlocks unlimited entry to top-rated UK attractions and loads of extra benefits and discounts.