Senior Purchasing Manager

The Role We are seeking an experienced Senior Purchasing Manager / Senior Procurement professional to join one of our clients on an interim basis.

This is a broad senior procurement role covering a variety of indirect/professional services categories, with a particular focus on providing senior procurement expertise, stakeholder management, and supporting procurement process improvement and transformation.

The successful candidate will be comfortable operating at a senior level, working with stakeholders across the organisation and taking ownership of procurement activity from strategy through to delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement effective procurement strategies that deliver commercial value.


• Provide senior procurement advice and market expertise to key stakeholders.


• Build strong relationships with senior internal stakeholders and act as a trusted procurement adviser.


• Identify and deliver opportunities for procurement process improvement.


• Support wider procurement transformation and change initiatives.


• Review existing processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, governance and value.


• Lead complex procurement projects from initial requirements through to contract award and implementation.


• Manage supplier relationships and commercial negotiations where required.


• Ensure procurement activity complies with relevant policies, procedures and public sector requirements.


• Provide support and guidance to procurement colleagues and stakeholders.

• Strong senior-level procurement / purchasing experience.


• Proven experience managing complex procurement projects.


• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.


• Experience of procurement process improvement, transformation or change.


• Strong commercial and negotiation skills.


• The ability to operate independently and quickly establish credibility within a large, complex organisation.

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