Procurement Manager - IT / Professional Services

The Central Procurement team at the University of Warwick are recruiting an experienced Procurement Manager for its IT and professional services, category, to design and deliver best value contracts and continuous improvement solutions. Leveraging various policies and procedures.

The Procurement Manager will work closely with Senior stakeholders across the University to deliver strategic and agile Procurement solutions.

The University Finance Office supports business planning and innovation to maximise the financial resources available to the University and create the long-term sustainable financial platform required for future growth. 

What you will need:

• Experience within a similar role which focused on IT and professional services procurement category is essential.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• Working towards, a desire to obtain or a current CIPS qualification is required
• Demonstrable experience within a similar procurement environment, with an established record of delivering procurement strategies.
• Leadership: Able to manage cross functional teams and meetings largely at an operational level.
• Working within strict budgets, savings targets, timescales and KPI’s
• Relationship Management: Able to foster effective relationships across a range of internal and external groups, predominantly at operational level. Influencing skills, collaborative approach and strong ability to work as part of a team.
• Understanding and application of Category and Supply Chain Management and procurement best practice across dedicated category areas.
• Able to identify opportunities for improvements with category areas.
• Able to plan and implement change projects as directed by senior colleagues.
• Negotiation (inc. legal and financial risk management)
• Able to plan & lead routine negotiations, supported in more complex and strategic areas. Understanding of commercial & legal risk management, financial assessments & ratio analysis.

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the Apply button.

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