Procurement Business Partner

WA Consultants Ltd; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm is searching for an experienced Procurement Business Partner for a hybrid role near Exeter. Key responsibilities include delivering effective procurement services, developing a procurement team, and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships. Candidates should have a solid understanding of procurement legislation and frameworks. This role offers a dynamic opportunity to lead best practices in procurement.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering effective procurement services.
• Strong understanding of procurement frameworks, legislation, and policies.
• Ability to build and maintain stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Deliver efficient procurement services for the organisation.
• Develop a newly formed procurement team to meet objectives.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and statutory requirements.

Job description

WA Consultants are currently searching for an experienced Procurement Business Partner for our key client near Exeter. This is a hybrid role with 2/3 days per week on site.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver an efficient, effective, procurement service for the organisation
• Be the internal expert on procurement, frameworks, legislation, systems, policies and procedures related to it – supporting the business to deliver Value for Money and quality services
• Develop a newly formed procurement team ensuring they meet their key objectives
• Ensure that regulatory and statutory requirements are met across the organisation
• Promote strong stakeholder relationships – internally, regulatory and within the sector
• Use data and insight, provide effective procurement, contract management and continuous improvement to enabling confident decision-making
• Support colleagues undertaking procurement and purchasing activities for contracts across the business
• Develop and maintain procurement processes and documentation, that meet regulatory and statutory requirements
• Lead and promote best practice procurement for the organisation
• Implement and embed the procurement strategy into the longer term
• Ensure a structured approach to procurement to maximise Value for Money
• Undertaking supplier due diligence checks including risk analysis, credit and insurance
• Ensure that the tendering, evaluation, placement and monitoring of a wide range of procurement adheres to legislation, policy and procedure
• Maintain a suite of templates and guidance documents for use by colleagues across the group
• Maintain your up-to-date professional knowledge of procurement regulations and best practice
• Maintain and publish the contract register

WA Consultants is an Employment Business and an Employment Agency as described within The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003.