- Pay Rate:
£24.39 per hour PAYE
- Hours per Week:
35-37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 5-6 months
- REIGATE,
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Interim PH Procurement Manager
Reference no: Surrey BL TCL 81476
Pay Rate: £24.39 per hour PAYE
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 5-6 months
City: REIGATE
To be responsible for delivery of strategic procurement projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and to the right quality, and that there is proper compliance with Procurement Standing Orders and with relevant regulation and legislation. This will include leading a range of procurement projects to put in place contracts which may cover more than one partner authority, and working as part of a team to deliver the most complex projects.
To ensure that project delivery and benefits realisation is properly monitored and recorded. Support development of the strategic procurement plans in one of major spend areas (see context). These are developed across the partnership in a collaborative way, and the roleholder will be expected to contribute operational knowledge, experience and lessons learned from previous projects
Key Responsibilities:
- Assess or conduct analysis, presenting results and putting forward recommendations on managing more complex situations to support decision making.
- Analyse and make recommendations for improvement or development of existing systems, processes or policy. Maintain, develop and review systems, processes, procedures and working methods to maximise service delivery, quality, efficiency and compliance.
- Provide specialist/professional advice and recommendations within defined policy/strategy and procedures to support informed decision making.
- Plan workloads and secure resources to enable the team/s to achieve a quality service.
- Lead projects and reviews within a defined area of work as directed by manager to support and enhance service delivery.
- May assist with budget/resource/funding management in accordance with the council policies and procedures.
- May have delegated responsibility for a budget(s).
- Liaise, communicate and build relationships with other internal departments, customers, partner organisations, agencies and/or contractors to support and represent the team/service
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Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Qualifications:
- Degree qualified, or significant vocational experience demonstrating development through involvement in a series of progressively more demanding relevant work/roles.
- Professional qualification, or able to evidence knowledge and understanding of appropriate business disciplines such as HR, finance, law, marketing, communications
Knowledge:
- Comprehensive knowledge of computerised business systems in terms of functionality and capability (some roles).
- Knowledge of principles, practices, policies and procedures relating to business planning and financial and organisational management.
Experience:
- Previous management experience including staff supervision, development and organisational skills.
Skills & Abilities:
- Proven written and oral communication and interpersonal skills with good negotiation and influencing skills and the ability to work collaboratively with internal and external partners/professionals.
- Proven problem solving skills, and the ability to exercise high levels of initiative to devise and implement workable solutions.
- Proven ability to manage a range of projects through to completion
- Ability to understand, meet and exceed customer expectations.
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