Remote Children's Services Procurement Lead

Sellick Partnership; West Midlands; Remote; GBP 92,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Sellick Partnership is partnering with a Local Authority to appoint a Procurement Category Specialist focusing on Children’s Services. The role is a remote, day-rate contract with an initial 3-month term rolling into 12+ months, located in the West Midlands.

You will develop and execute category strategies, lead complex sourcing projects and collaborate with commissioners and senior stakeholders to shape procurement pipelines and improve commercial outcomes across the category.

Qualifications

• Significant procurement experience within public sector, with focus on Children’s Services.
• Experience in developing category strategies and procurement pipelines.
• Strong understanding of public sector commissioning and working with commissioners.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and advise on commercial decisions.

Responsibilities

• Work with Children’s Services commissioners to understand service requirements and priorities.
• Develop and implement a clear category strategy and a prioritized procurement pipeline.
• Translate commissioning needs into procurement plans and sourcing strategies.
• Lead and support complex, high-value procurement exercises from planning to award and implementation.
• Use market intelligence to identify opportunities, assess risks and inform decisions.
• Provide commercial challenge to commissioners to ensure deliverable and sustainable proposals.
• Balance compliance, cost, capacity and service quality in procurement solutions.
• Build relationships across procurement, commissioning, finance and operations to support delivery.

Skills

Procurement experience

Children's Services

Local government

Category management

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Sellick Partnership is partnering with a Local Authority to appoint a Procurement Category Specialist focusing on Children’s Services. The role is a remote, day-rate contract with an initial 3-month term rolling into 12+ months, located in the West Midlands.

You will develop and execute category strategies, lead complex sourcing projects and collaborate with commissioners and senior stakeholders to shape procurement pipelines and improve commercial outcomes across the category.