Commercial Procurement Manager (we have office locations in Cambridge, Leeds & London)

ZipRecruiter; London; On-site; GBP 63,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in London is seeking a Commercial Procurement Manager to develop relationships with stakeholders and ensure compliance in procurement processes. The ideal candidate will manage daily operations and strategic planning while working closely with various teams. A degree in a relevant field is preferred, along with strong procurement knowledge.

Benefits

30 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible working arrangements

Defined contribution pension

Subsidised gym membership

Qualifications

• CIPS Level 6 (or working towards) not essential but preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop effective relationships with stakeholders for commercial procurement.
• Define and implement comprehensive commercial plans.
• Manage daily procurement operations and ensure compliance.

Skills

Relationship Management

Strategic Planning

Procurement Knowledge

Education

Undergraduate Degree in procurement or related business field

Job description

Overview

Company DescriptionGenomics England partners with the NHS to provide whole genome sequencing diagnostics. We also equip researchers to find the causes of disease and develop new treatments – with patients and participants at the heart of it all. Our mission is to continue refining, scaling, and evolving our ability to enable others to deliver genomic healthcare and conduct genomic research. We are accelerating our impact and working with patients, doctors, scientists, government and industry to improve genomic testing, and help researchers access the health data and technology they need to make new medical discoveries and create more effective, targeted medicines for everybody.

Job purpose The Commercial Procurement Manager will develop effective relationships with key directorate stakeholders and ensure that innovative, competitive and legally compliant commercial procurement solutions are implemented and managed through the commercial life cycle. Being the first commercial procurement contact, you will be key to ensuring that directorates are compliant with business governance process and policy and that the business is compliant with regulations and its statutory obligations whilst progressing at pace in an agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Commercial Planning: Define and implement comprehensive commercial plans, including business-as-usual (BAU) activities and future project pipelines, in collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Business Partnering: Approach your role with a service mindset across the end to end commercial lifecycle. Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across various programmes, directorates, and teams, offering expert commercial procurement and contracting advice.
• Operational Oversight: Manage daily procurement operations, resource allocation, process development, reporting, and compliance, ensuring efficient and effective procurement activities.
• Team Working: Report to Head of Commercial Procurement and deputise on occasion, foster an inclusive and high-performing environment amongst your colleagues, and align with our organisational mission and values.
• Governance and Compliance: Ensure commercial solutions meet business objectives and value-for-money criteria, while maintaining good governance and compliance with budgets, workforce plans, and IT/data requirements.

Qualifications

• CIPS Level 6 (or working towards), however this is not essential; undergraduate Degree in procurement or related business field.

Additional Information

Closing date for applications: Friday 19th September at 23:59

Salary from: £69,000

Being an integral part of such a meaningful mission is extremely rewarding in itself, but in order to support our people, we’re continually improving our benefits package. We pride ourselves on investing in our people and supporting them to achieve their career goals, as well as offering a benefits package including:

• Generous Leave: 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, additional leave for long service, and the option to apply for up to 30 days of remote working abroad annually (approval required).
• Family-Friendly: Blended working arrangements, flexible working, enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave benefits.
• Pension & Financial: Defined contribution pension (Genomics England double-matches up to 10%, however you can contribute more if you wish), Life Assurance (3x salary), and a Give As You Earn scheme.
• Learning & Development: Individual learning budgets, support for training and certifications, and reimbursement for one annual professional subscription (approval required).
• Recognition & Rewards: Employee recognition programme and referral scheme.
• Health & Wellbeing: Subsidised gym membership, a free Headspace account, and access to an Employee Assistance Programme, eye tests, flu jabs.

Equal opportunities and our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace: Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence. We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any age, gender, sexual orientation, or social background. Genomics England’s policies of non-discrimination and equity will be applied fairly to all people, regardless of age, gender or reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, being or recently becoming a parent, race, or beliefs, sex or sexual orientation, length of service, whether full-time or part-time or employed under a permanent or a fixed-term contract or any other relevant factor. Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying at work.