Senior Procurement & Contract Management Advisor

Vivid Resourcing Ltd; Basildon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Procurement & Contract Management Advisor for a 6-month contract based in Basildon. The successful candidate will support the Council's service projects through effective business cases and commercial plans. This role involves providing crucial updates to senior leadership, managing procurement opportunities, and developing a robust contract management framework. The candidate should have experience in procurement and contract management, with strong governance skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement and contract management.
• Strong financial governance and risk management skills.
• Ability to develop robust business cases.

Responsibilities

• Provide updates on the Commercial Agenda to senior leadership.
• Lead the development of contract management framework.
• Manage procurement activities per contractual rules.

Job description

6 Months Contract

Full-Time, Temporary – 36.25 hours per week.

We are delighted to be supporting Basildon Council to recruit Senior Procurement & Contract Management Advisor on a full-time, temporary basis.

Due to the nature of this role, the successful candidate will be required to be on-site a minimum of 1 day per week.

Main Purpose :

Responsible for supporting the organisation in developing and delivering a range of service projects through robust business cases and detailed commercial programmes and plans.

The Commercial programme is directly linked to the Council’s Medium Term Financial Strategy and the post holder provides strong financial governance; as well as tracking progress and key dependencies, maintaining issue logs, projects plans and ensuring robust risk management.

Programmes and projects may be cross cutting within the organisation and with external parties.

Job duties :

• To provide the Senior Leadership Team and elected members with updates on the Commercial Agenda.
• To provide commercial view on procurement opportunities, ongoing contract management and contract reviews across the Council.
• To lead the development of robust contract management framework throughout the authority..
• To lead in activities during the procurement of relevant goods, works and services in accordance with contract procedure rules and management of contracts.
• To undertake all aspects of prog...