IT Procurement and Contracts Manager

LANGLAND CONSULTANTS LTD; Cutthorpe; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension - 20% company contribution

28 days holiday (plus bank holidays)

Hybrid working - few days a week from/

Flexible working hours

Child vouchers

discounted leisure membership

discounted travel scheme

Training opportunities

Enhanced sick pay

Job summary

Langland Consultants Ltd. invites applications for an IT Procurement and Contracts Manager to lead end-to-end procurement activities within UK public sector regulations.

The role focuses on managing a large contract portfolio, ensuring best value, and collaborating with internal stakeholders in a hybrid Chesterfield-based setup. The role demands strong knowledge of procurement lifecycle, policy implementation, and reporting across contracts, with a focus on compliance and strategic spend

Qualifications

• Knowledge of UK public sector procurement regulations
• Experience managing a contract pipeline
• Ability to lead end-to-end procurement of contracts
• Able to ensure best value and budget maximisation
• Excellent communication with internal stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end procurement of contracts within regulatory and statutory obligations
• Verify, modify and extend appropriate contracts
• Process review, support and guidance with follow up improvement plans for staff within the Digital & Technology team
• Implement corporate policies and procedures into commercial activity
• Collaboration with the central procurement team ensuring compliance with UK public sector procurement regulations
• Manage a wide variety of contracts, from single-item purchases to full data centre solutions
• Ensure successful management and reporting across the contract lifecycle in line with UK public sector procurement regulations
• Analysis of historic and future IT spend and engage with IT leaders to collectively agree a plan to work towards
• Understand social values and the business needs to enable them to effectively compete for contracts

Skills

Procurement knowledge

Contract management

Public sector experience

Stakeholder communication

Regulatory compliance

Data analysis

Job description

IT Procurement and Contracts Manager

Contracts Management, Project Support, Procurement, Public Sector,Customer Service

IT Procurement and Contracts Manager - About the role:

Are you a Contracts Manager knowledgeable in Procurement preferably, with a background working in the Public Sector looking for a new challenge? Do you have an eye for detail and comfortable working with a variety of clients and internal stakeholders and able to take the lead on managing a contract pipeline? If so, read on

The IT Procurement and Contracts Manager will work in the Digital & Technology department working closely with the internal Procurement team to ensure compliance with UK Public Sector procurement regulations. You will manage in excess of 100 contracts ( large & small) ensuring delivery within regulatory and wider statutory obligations and manage the end-to-end procurement of contracts

In addition you will ensure best value and budget maximisation are achieved, and processes / systems are embedded across the Digital & Technology service which result in a consistent and compliant approach being adopted.

This is a role based out of their Chesterfield office but will offer some home-working flexibility.

IT Procurement and Contracts Manager - Key Duties:

• Manage the end-to-end procurement of contracts within regulatory and statutory obligations
• Verify, modify and extend appropriate contracts
• Process review, support and guidance with follow up improvement plans for staff within the Digital & Technology team
• Implement corporate policies and procedures into commercial activity
• Collaboration with the central procurement team ensuring compliance with UK public sector procurement regulations
• Manage a wide variety of contracts, from single-item purchases to full data centre solutions
• Ensure successful management and reporting across the contract lifecycle in line with UK public sector procurement regulations
• Analysis of historic and future IT spend and engage with IT leaders to collectively agree a plan to work towards
• Understand social values and the business needs to enable them to effectively compete for contracts

IT Procurement and Contracts Manager - Skills required for the role:

• Knowledge and understanding of the key commercial processes across diverse areas
• Good understanding of Public Sector legislation and Public Contracts Regulation and associated legislation
• Knowledge of the procurement lifecycle, methodologies, and tender management
• Understanding of contract clauses, contract formation, contract management and compliance
• Well organised and able to manage conflicting priorities
• Exceptional telephone skills and able to communicate well verbally and written
• Self-motivated and able to adapt to a fast paced, changing environment
• Understanding of performance monitoring and change control coupled with risk assessment skills
• Ability to analyse data, interpret data and construct reports

IT Procurement and Contracts Manager - Benefits

The role offers a basic salary up to £37k

• Pension - 20% company contribution
• 28 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Hybrid working - few days a week from home
• Flexible working hours
• Additional benefits such as Child vouchers, discounted leisure membership, discounted travel scheme
• Training opportunities
• Enhanced sick pay

As an Equal Opportunities employer, Langland Consultants welcomes applications regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or age. All applicants are considered on the basis of their merits and abilities for the job.