Procurement Manager

Are you an experienced Procurement professional with public sector experience looking for a senior role? Do you want to make a difference to the education sector? 

Then we have an exciting role for you to work within a growing charity organisation.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Procurement Manager to join our growing organisation that is a certified “Great Place to Work”. Great Place To Work is also proud to recognise Crescent Purchasing Consortium on the following Best Workplaces Lists.

The role is based within the South Managed Procurement Services team at Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC). CPC is a purchasing consortium, owned and overseen by the Further Education sector. CPC provides purchasing frameworks, dynamic purchasing systems and procurement consultancy services for schools, academies, colleges, universities and other educational organisations.

Reporting to the Head of Procurement, you will be responsible for offering a pro-active and comprehensive service, advising on all aspects of procurement.  You will take full management responsibility for client accounts including the timeliness, and quality of procurement exercises, including conducting exercises personally where appropriate. Leading your team, you will set priorities, support, and provide leadership on the process for procuring contracts for a variety of categories, projects, and services for clients. You will support the development and delivery of the company strategic procurement programme.

This role will contribute to embedding best practice, efficiency and effectiveness within procurement processes and decisions, ensuring compliance with current PCR’s and future UK legal obligations. You will assist the company to achieve value for money and savings targets for our clients and support the team to provide outstanding procurement services to all clients and members. You will be responsible for the full operational and strategic management of the Procurement team allocated to you. You will drive a high performing, engaged team to deliver the procurement strategic objectives whilst balancing value delivery for our customers with company commercials.

**Please note, this role is part time 2.5 days, if you are only interested in full-time hours we have an opportunity to join as a Procurement Specialist for the other 2.5 days a week. Please contact peopledevelopment@thecpc.ac.uk for more information on the Procurement Specialist role.**