Hybrid Procurement Ops Lead - Cost Savings & Governance

Bimplus; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Bimplus in Stevenage is seeking a Procurement Operations Manager to lead the delivery of operational procurement activities across the Water division, ensuring robust process control, supplier performance and policy compliance.

The role focuses on driving cost avoidance, improving purchasing behaviours, reducing invoices on hold and delivering supply chain rationalisation, while maintaining governance over P-card spend and master data integrity, supported by data insights.

Responsibilities

• Manage the performance of the Buying Desk team as part of wider operational procurement delivery, ensuring adherence to lead time SLAs and quality management KPIs
• Act as an escalation point for procurement-related queries, including those arising from the Buying Desk
• Resolve non-standard procurement queries across operational activities, including those received via the Buying Desk
• Develop, implement, and maintain standard operating procedures for operational procurement activities
• Monitor and enforce compliance with preferred supplier pathways across all purchasing activity
• Deliver against an agreed cost avoidance savings target
• Drive improvements in catalogue utilisation and reduce non-catalogue purchasing activity across the business

Job description

Bimplus in Stevenage is seeking a Procurement Operations Manager to lead the delivery of operational procurement activities across the Water division, ensuring robust process control, supplier performance and policy compliance.

The role focuses on driving cost avoidance, improving purchasing behaviours, reducing invoices on hold and delivering supply chain rationalisation, while maintaining governance over P-card spend and master data integrity, supported by data insights.