Procurement Excellence Manager

About the role

Key responsibilities

• Develop the Procurement profession and inform its strategy and priorities with leadership.
• Use external benchmarks and market trends to drive continuous improvement.
• Evolve third-party risk and supplier relationship management frameworks and deliver related initiatives.
• Develop procurement technical capability and knowledge management through process improvement and benchmarking.
• Develop procurement policies, governance frameworks and controls in line with legislative developments.
• Deliver policies through the Procurement team and monitor functional performance.
• Work across Procurement Operations, Business Contract Managers and Risk Domains to support compliance across GNFR spend and end-to-end procurement.
• Deliver policy and compliance for the assigned area, support supplier optimisation and apply procurement best practice.
• Manage people and support consistent knowledge management aligned with Partnership principles.

Essential skills and experience

• Extensive procurement, risk management or supplier relationship management experience.
• Demonstrable experience in supplier relationship management and/or third-party risk management.
• Strong knowledge of procurement systems, policy and process.
• Experience applying continuous improvement principles and practices.
• Experience building stakeholder relationships across varied groups to drive initiatives.
• Ability to influence and shape decisions.

Desirable skills and experience

• Category planning and sourcing experience.
• MCIPS qualified or working towards it.
• Professional negotiation training, such as The GAP Partnership Essential or Complete Skilled Negotiator.
• Professional risk or supplier relationship management qualification.
• Understanding of ethics, sustainability and supplier diversity.

Salary

• The listed salary range is £60,600–£90,800; no pay cadence is specified.

Contract and working pattern

• The description states this is a permanent position.
• The role uses a hybrid working approach, with a mixture of office and home working based on personal and business needs.