Procurement & Compliance Manager

Randstad Finance; Tyseley; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Procurement and Compliance Manager in Birmingham. This role requires an experienced compliance professional with 3-5 years in a corporate environment. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance, managing contracts, and supporting quality service commissioning. This position offers a hybrid working model, providing an attractive opportunity within a local authority as it develops its procurement team.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years compliance experience in a corporate environment.
• Strong management skills.
• Knowledge of current legislation and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and drive compliance for the business.
• Manage contracts to ensure value for money.
• Participate in service improvement and quality assessments.

Skills

Compliance management

Contract management

Analytical skills

Communication

Negotiation

Job description

Procurement and Compliance Manager

£(Apply online only) - hybrid working

Birmingham - Permanent

Randstad are currently working in partnership with a leading local authority based in Birmingham to join a newly established team working in a busy compliance and procurement department.

They are seeking an experienced, driven and motivated compliance professional to join this new team within their office. This dynamic individual will be responsible for monitoring and driving compliance for this business, ensuring all plans are executed and registers are maintained. This role would suit a candidate with 3-5 years compliance experience working in a corporate environment with strong management skills.

Key responsibilities of the Procurement and Compliance Manager will include:

• Ensure that value for money (VFM) is being achieved through the management of contracts. Maintain and develop systems for the effective management of contracts.
• Monitor service-related issues through agreed reporting systems and recommend improvements. Provide advice and support to ensure that services commissioned by the LA meet the required quality standards.
• Ensure quality and contract compliance to the standards required by current legislation, regulation, guidance, and practice standards.
• Support the commissioning of quality services to meet performance measures and external inspection requirements and standards.
• Work in conjunction with senior commissioners to manage complex situations that may require the suspension or termination of a contract and negotiate with providers and organizations to achieve satisfactory solutions.
• Participate in the wider development of the service and contribute to service improvement as required. Work alongside Key stakeholders to manage contracts and ensure compliance of the highest standard. Ensure contracts are meeting directorate objectives and that of the Authority.

Financial

• Contribute information to support Commissioning officers in analysing data and information received from providers and other sources to assist in quality and contract monitoring of services.
• Act in accordance with the Constitution and other Codes of Conduct.
• Comply with the agreed policies and procedures, including Health and Safety, Equal Opportunities Policies, General Data Protection Regulations, Freedom of Information Act, Financial Management Regulations, and other relevant Council and Government Regulations, Directives, and City-wide priorities.

This is an attractive opportunity for a Procurement and Compliance Manager at an exciting time for leading local authority.

If you are interested in the role of Procurement and Compliance Manager please do not hesitate to apply today.

Randstad Financial & Professional encourage applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Randstad Financial & Professional acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.