Procurement Manager - Estates Coventry, UK £35,116 - £45,413

As The University of Warwick enters another world leading development phase with the introduction of our STEM project:

"A once in a generation opportunity to invest and reimagine our STEM research and teaching spaces, through the connect programme. We are creating a £425m Science and Engineering Precinct, providing a state-of-the-art environment that combines disciplinary excellence with interdisciplinary working"

The Universities Estates department are recruiting an experienced Procurement Manager. You will already have been heavily involved in estates and projects connecting and developing innovative and collaborative spaces.

The estates department is here to provide a place of opportunity and inspiration for our students, staff, business partners, and our local community. We create and care for the spaces they need to thrive and reach their potential.

Our work stretches from planning and constructing huge research facilities like the National Automotive Innovation Centre to ensuring that the lights are working and the toilets are clean wherever you study, work, or visit.

The role of Procurement Manager will be:

• Ensure the development and delivery of effective category and supplier management within the Estates Procurement Team.
• Reporting into the Senior Estates Procurement Manager (Works and Consultancy), you will be working within a complex organisational environment, able to build effective relationships with colleagues and suppliers.
• Have experience managing a defined portfolio of spend, develop and undertake category strategies to deliver best value and continuous improvement solutions.
• You will understand market dynamics and cost drivers and have experience of undertaking a range of sourcing activities including RFQs and formal tenders.
• You will be an excellent negotiator with strong contract management experience.
• Your planning and organisational skills will be outstanding.
• You will have a strong ability to collaborate and build strong relationships with stakeholders.
• It is essential you have a proven track record of contributing to the delivery of an efficient, responsive, and value-generating Procurement service.
• You will be able to work effectively within a framework of robust procurement, regulatory, and audit procedures.
• You will have experience in staff management and development to support the development of more junior team members and, where applicable, manage one or more junior members of staff.
• A proven history of working within a similar role is essential.

About You:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
• Have or working towards MCIPS (level 6) relevant equivalent work experience.
• Demonstrable experience within a procurement environment, with an established record of delivering procurement strategies, managing spend up to circa £10M, and realising savings in line with targets.
• Leadership, able to manage cross-functional teams and meetings largely at an operational level.
• Strategy Development, able to develop and implement routine category/capital project plans to strict budgets, savings targets, timescales, and KPIs, supported in more complex & strategic areas.
• Relationship Management: Able to foster effective relationships across a range of internal and external groups, predominantly at operational level. Influencing skills, collaborative approach, and strong ability to work as part of a team.
• Category and Supply Chain Management: Understanding and application of Category and Supply Chain Management and procurement best practices across dedicated category areas.
• Change Management: Able to identify opportunities for improvements within category areas. Able to plan and implement change projects as directed by senior colleagues.
• Negotiation (including legal and financial risk management), able to plan & lead routine negotiations, supported in more complex and strategic areas. Understanding of commercial & legal risk management, financial assessments & ratio analysis.
• Procurement Processes, able to deliver effective & auditable procurement, compliant with regulatory requirements. Knowledge and application of competitive tendering processes.
• Market Knowledge and Options Analysis, developing commercial acumen, understanding of market dynamics and cost drivers. Ability to prepare options appraisals and business case recommendations for operational spend.
• Systems Capability: Understanding of P2P and wider procurement and corporate systems. Confident in analysing large volumes of data to support strategy formulation.
• Communication: Effective and confident communicator across a variety of internal and external stakeholders, at all levels of seniority, both written and face-to-face.
• Organisation, Attention to Detail and Results Focus: Strong organisation, planning & prioritisation skills, ability to adapt & be flexible. Strong numerical & written attention to detail. Ability to work under pressure to strict timescales.