Procurement Manager

Job summary

Are you ready to join one of the largest Unitary Authorities in England as we embark upon an ambitious programme of transformation?

If so, come and joining the Procurement Team at Leicester City Council. This exciting opportunity is for a Procurement Manager within our Procurement Services team. You will be working in a fast paced highly dynamic Mayoral Authority with an annual spend of £400m, to procure a whole host of critical contracts for goods works and/or services.

This role plays a key part of improvement, development and innovation of the Procurement service. You can expect autonomy and encouragement in providing new ideas, along with an incredibly varied role where no two days will be the same.

Youll work 37 hours per week from Monday to Friday as part of our flexible working scheme. With hybrid working youll be based at Home and Leicester City Offices currently min. 1 day a week from the office City Hall, Charles Street, Leicester.

Main duties of the job

Developing and implementing procurement strategies for categories of goods/works or services. While, using your innovation and creativity to manage demand, deliver efficiency savings, service improvements and strategic objectives of the Council. You will be pragmatic, solution-focused and able to work in a multi-disciplinary environment with internal and external partners.

You will act as procurement lead on a wide variety of high profile/highly complex and strategic projects. Participating in, cross-functional project teams to deliver corporately significant high value/risk complex procurement projects.

As part of a team of professionals in the delivery of the Councils procurement function you will help develop, mentor and coach an existing team of procurement staff, and promote the implementation of good practices and procedures among the team.

About us

hat we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can lookforward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. Youll enjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexibleworking. Well also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of trainingand development opportunities. In addition, you can choose fromseveralflexible benefits,including discounts on city buses and trains. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package,take a look at ourbenefits calculator.

Join us

Were committed to recruiting a diverse and highly talented workforce as we continue to build acouncil that is fitting and representative of our great city. Thats why weve designed ourrecruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you.Well do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with yourapplication,take a look at the our approach to recruitment page.

The roles are subject to a basic DBS check.