I am currently looking for Procurement Assistant Managers to join a well-established public organisation on a 12-month FTC based in Chelmsford offering a salary up to £40,000! The Procurement Assistant Managers will sit in the purchasing department with excellent progression opportunities.

Role responsibility of the Procurement Assistant Manage include:

• Leading the development, maintenance and implementation of category strategies, ensuring alignment to commissioning objectives.
• Leading projects and tenders, ensuring all sourcing activity fully complies with appropriate legislation and regulation whilst also complying with each EPP member Authority's policies.
• Providing support and advice to stakeholders regarding any contractual or procurement matters
• Operating a continuous improvement approach to identify and deliver on-going changes whilst also leading the negotiation of commercial and contractual changes to ensure they consistently meet business requirements.

Person specification of the Procurement Assistant Manager include:

• Experience in leading and delivering multiple tenders under the public sector regulations.
• Knowledge of category management and experience of using this methodology in complex commercial environments to deliver significant cost or service improvements.
• Extensive knowledge of public sector procurement law and the new reforms with an ability to explain the law to non-procurement staff and find pragmatic solutions to potential legal difficulties.

Salary

£35k-£40k

This role offers hybrid working- 1-2 days on site

This role will be well suited if you have held a role within purchasing or procurement as a Procurement Manager, Purchasing Manager, Senior Buyer, Lead Buyer, Procurement Lead, Procurement Officer, Procurement Specialist, Purchasing specialist, Category Manager, Commodity Manager, Senior Category Manager or a Category Specialist.