The Procurement Business Partner is a senior, dedicated point of contact for the Customer(s), responsible for driving productive collaboration between the stakeholders and the Procurement function in the effective management of both pay and non-pay activity, specifically within a nominated portfolio of Business Units and generally across the full customer base. Ensuring where possible, synergies are leveraged and sustained. The post will predominantly work across all sourcing categories and reviewing activities within their portfolio.

Reporting into the Deputy Head of Procurement you will lead the development and delivery of workplans on the strategic and effective management of non-pay activities within the IT & Capital portfolio and, and generally across the nominated customer business units, by engaging with key internal and external stakeholders in aligning their requirements to wider organisational goals. To deliver value to stakeholders through proactive and innovative procurement activities, through integration and alignment to strategic objectives, whilst ensuring effective non-pay activity.

You will also lead the procurement of major strategic contracts, working collaboratively with the internal clients to decide the approach, and to manage the bidder interaction up to the conclusion of the competition. In addition you will provide procurement leadership for each sourcing project delivering to stakeholders tendering expertise, evaluation expertise, project administration and escalating issues. Compiling project finalisation in the way of reports for relevant Customer Boards ensuring an audit trail is maintained throughout the process.

You will be an experienced procurement professional who has ideally had some experience working with UK Public Contract Regulations. You will also have sound knowledge of contract law as well as e-procurement systems.

Experience within IT and Capital procurement would be an advantage but isn’t essential.