Responsibilities:
Provide procurement leadership to internal stakeholders, using experience and influencing skills where needed. Plan and organise category work streams, both tactical and strategic development. Manage at least 1 direct report, with the possibility of this increasing as the team grows. Ensure that all aspects of transactional procurement of goods and services for category are achieved. Optimise total value being delivered to the end user - on time and to the required quality standard. Support and motivate Procurement team to achieve departmental measures of performance. Support continuous improvement initiatives within the team. Negotiate contracts with suppliers that provide best value to the business. Rationalise and develop supplier base to those that provide best value to the business. Liaise with budget holders to ensure that stakeholder requirements are fully understood, facilitating effective procurement delivery. Where appropriate, advise budget holders of the likely outcomes of negotiations and possible alternative strategies that may achieve budgetary targets or other outcomes desired by the budget holder, or better fit the wider procurement strategy rather than the immediate tactical needs of the budget holder.
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