Procurement Manager - #149986

Salary: Band 11, £53,583 – £58,455

Location: Agile, Forth Banks Police Station and homeworking

Hours/Contract: 37 hours per week, permanent

The role

Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Procurement Department as a Procurement Manager.

As the Procurement Manager you will oversee the Procurement department, providing support to the Head of Procurement on procurement-related matters. You will lead on key projects that contribute to the development and maintenance of contracting arrangements, ensuring maximum value for money. You will deliver a flexible and high-quality service that aligns with the strategic objectives of the Force and OPCC.

What you’ll do

• Manage the Procurement team to deliver cost-effective solutions, ensuring maximum funding is directed to the OPCC/Chief Constable’s priority areas.
• Develop and maintain relationships with suppliers and internal customers to ensure procurement processes and existing contracts are well-managed and continue to deliver value for money.
• Act as the first point of contact for all specialist procurement queries from direct reports, budget holders, and senior stakeholders within the organisation, providing cost-effective solutions.
• Review current procurement practices and contracts, identifying and implementing innovative ways to deliver services through procurement.
• Support the Head of Procurement in producing, developing, and implementing a procurement work plan that effectively serves the needs of the Force, developing centralised procurement policies and procedures, and adopting best practices.

What you’ll bring

• Member of CIPS or equivalent procurement experience.
• Degree (or equivalent level qualification) in Business or Procurement or similar subject or significant demonstrable experience at a senior level in the aforementioned disciplines.
• Extensive experience and knowledge of procurement, tendering and contract management processes.
• Good knowledge of contract law and all relevant legislation (PCR 2015 and Procurement Act 2023) governing the supply of goods, services and works to the Public Sector.
• Competency of planning and prioritising, covering: – critical activities, delegation, achieving deadlines, multitasking.
• Proven track record of achieving savings and service improvements through procurement with experience of delivering change in a complex organisation.
• Experience of applying risk management techniques.

We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone.

Just so you know

Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Procurement Manager with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute.

The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face-to-face interview. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.

We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.

If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via [email protected] for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.

If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Management Vetting (MV)/ Security Clearance (SC) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 5 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.

Terms of appointment

This is a permanent role subject to a six-month probationary period.

If you are successful in your application, you will have a six-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.