Procurement Manager

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Title: Procurement Manager

Location: Cardiff / Hybrid (2x days a week in the office / 3x days remote)

Salary & Package: £40,000 + 35 days holiday and a further strong benefits package

Sea Global are delighted to be partnering with a leading Higher Education organisation, who are currently looking to recruit a Procurement Manager to join their fast-paced function. The University has a number of exciting projects in the pipeline and are investing heavily into procurement.

As such, the Procurement Director is looking to appoint a Procurement Manager, to manage the Estates and FM category. The function is currently well grounded within the business and has a lot of projects ready to go from day one.

This role would suit an experienced Category / Senior Buyer / Procurement Officer looking to take a step up, or a Procurement / Category Manager who is looking for a fresh challenge! Please read on for more information:

Role & Responsibilities

• End to end procurement, including tendering, sourcing and supplier / contract management

• Develop existing relationships with stakeholders across the University, including department heads

• Create tender and other procurement specifications including Frameworks

• Create and implement strategic category plans across the desired categories

Experience & Requirements

• Demonstrable track record within Indirect categories would be a huge benefit, specifically Estates and Hard or Soft FM but open to a range of categories

• End to end procurement experience is essential

• Experience within public procurement (PCR, Procurement Act, OJEU, UCR etc)

• CIPS would be beneficial but not essential