Procurement Manager

Vantage Recruitment; Derby; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Job summary

Vantage Recruitment is seeking a Derby-based Procurement Specialist/Manager for an office role with hybrid potential. The role offers a salary of £45-50k plus bonus and requires CIPS/MCIPS accreditation and strong procurement experience.

The successful candidate will provide expert procurement advice to clients, deliver capability in tender management and evaluation, contribute to business cases and strategies, and support business development for procurement advisory services.

Qualifications

• CIPS accreditation and extensive procurement experience.
• Degree qualified or equivalent.
• Proven track record in delivering tangible procurement and supply chain benefits.
• Experience with NEC4 contracts (ideally).
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Proactive self-starter with strong relationship-building abilities.
• Strong MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Providing expert procurement advice and delivery capabilities to our clients.
• Delivering best practice procurement strategy, tender management, and tender evaluation services across the public and private sectors.
• Provide input into business cases, strategies, and delivery models to embed robust and pragmatic commercial and procurement practices.
• As required, provide commercial advice and support to clients to define, negotiate and award a range of standard and bespoke contracts.
• Support colleagues and the business with business development activities to continue to grow our Procurement Advisory capabilities, including lead generation, bids and RFPs.
• Identifying and develop new service offerings.

Skills

CIPS accreditation

Procurement experience

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Education

Degree qualified or equivalent

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

NEC4 contracts

Job description

Procurement Specialist / Procurement Manager , Derby Based, Office based with hybrid potential, £45-50k + bonus (CIPS/MCIPS)

We're seeking a talented Procurement Specialist to join a progressive business

As the Procurement specialist you may be currently in a procurement consultancy role and looking for a fresh challenge or are a procurement professional who is looking to utilise and grow their knowledge and experience in a new career direction.

As the Procurement Specialist your duties will include:

• Providing expert procurement advice and delivery capabilities to our clients.
• Delivering best practice procurement strategy, tender management, and tender evaluation services across the public and private sectors
• Provide input into business cases, strategies, and delivery models to embed robust and pragmatic commercial and procurement practices.
• As required, provide commercial advice and support to clients to define, negotiate and award a range of standard and bespoke contracts
• Support colleagues and the business with business development activities to continue to grow our Procurement Advisory capabilities, including lead generation, bids and RFP's.
• Identifying and develop new service offerings.

To be successful in this role as a Procurement Specialist you will have the following skills and experience:

• CIPS accreditation and extensive procurement experience.
• Degree qualified or equivalent.
• A Proven track record in delivering tangible procurement and supply chain benefits.
• Experience and application of the NEC4 suite of contracts (ideal but not a prerequisite)
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills and an ability to keep our clients delighted.
• A proactive self-starter with a hands on approach, able to build relationships and networks both within and external to the our business.
• Strong MS Office skills, in particular Word, Excel and PowerPoint.