Procurement Manager - Social Care, Education & Public Health

at  Bath and North East Somerset Council

ABOUT YOU

You will have particular experience and expertise in running procurement activities for social care, education and public health commissioned services.
You will be a motivated individual who can work as part of a team, in matrix style management.
You will have significant procurement experience and will thrive in forming strategic relationships with senior management teams. You will drive delivery of a range of procurement projects along with heads of service, commissioning managers and contract managers. You will be involved in developing strategy and policies, and supporting directorates to ensure these policies are implemented.
You will be a proactive manager with a collaborative work style, you will lead by example, demonstrating a people-focussed, risk-based approach to procurement in support of council strategic objectives.

AT BATH & NORTH EAST SOMERSET COUNCIL WE HAVE ONE OVERRIDING PURPOSE TO IMPROVE PEOPLE’S LIVES.

Are you an experienced procurement professional with experience of social care, education and public health procurement?
We are looking for an experienced and motivated procurement professional to work with us at Bath & North East Somerset Council. You will lead procurement activity, working with commissioners in social care, education and public health teams to develop their procurement requirements. If you’d like to work in a positive and friendly team to influence how the local authority shapes the services it delivers, few opportunities will offer a better chance of driving change.
We want to talk to forward-looking individuals who have significant procurement experience across this particular portfolio and can run innovative and robust procurement projects. Applicants should be able to demonstrate strong business partnering, analytical, communication and organisational skills.
This is an exciting opportunity to get involved and make a difference in significant projects, leading to transformation in service delivery.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Procurement Manager, you will be a key member of the Strategic Procurement Team within the Finance Directorate, responsible for advising and supporting senior management and officers on all aspects of procurement activity. You will work very closely with commissioning colleagues across our social care, education and public health teams.
The role plays a key part in developing and implementing our Procurement Strategy, ensuring that procurement activity contributes to delivery of the Council’s Corporate Strategy.