Procurement Manager

Are you an experienced Procurement professional with public sector experience looking for a senior role? Do you want to make a difference to the education sector?

Then we have an exciting role for you to work within a growing charity organisation.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Procurement Manager to join our growing organisation that is a certified “Great Place to Work”.

The role is based within the Contracting Team at Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC). CPC is a purchasing consortium, owned and overseen by the Further Education sector. CPC provides purchasing frameworks, dynamic purchasing systems and procurement consultancy services for schools, academies, colleges, universities and other educational organisations.

You will join the Contracting Team and will be responsible for the People category, overseeing the production of purchasing agreements. Reporting to the Head of Contracting Services, you will deliver efficient and effective framework agreements to our members. You will be responsible for the delivery of the whole procurement cycle across the People category and you will also provide day to day management, training, mentoring and support to the Contract Manager, Senior Procurement Officer and Procurement Officer(s) within the People category.

Person Specification

We seek a candidate who has extensive procurement experience within the public sector. Ideally, you will have a detailed working knowledge of public sector procurement legislation, experience of working in the education sector and experience in managing a small team of direct reports. If you are a skilled and experienced procurement professional with the ability to deliver all aspects of this role, then we would love to hear from you.

Interview Process

The interview process will comprise of two parts; a short assessment and a traditional panel-based interview, focussing on the job description, person specification and your application.

Salary and benefits

In return for your dedication to the role you will receive a salary of up to £52,000, dependant on experience. Additionally, you will be joining a charity which offers:

• 37 days holiday (including Christmas holiday closure and bank holidays).
• Yearly performance related bonuses of up to £3,500.
• Agile, flexible and remote working. The successful candidate must be willing to work 2 days at the Head Office in Salford, with opportunities to reduce this to 1 day a week once they have settled in to the role.
• The opportunity to join a great local government pension scheme.
• Opportunities to develop through our inhouse development programmes and through external learning with full support given to achieve MCIPS.
• Free car parking is available within the grounds of the office and the office is a short walk from local transport links.
• Enhanced leave packages such as paid sickness, bereavement and compassionate leave, maternity and paternity pay.
• Support for wellbeing with access to 8 mental health first aiders and the opportunity to join an Employee Assistance Programme.
• The chance to get involved in a number of working groups, such as Women, Equality Diversity and Inclusion, Wellbeing and Sustainability.
• Social and employee events throughout summer and at Christmas.
• Has a programme of ‘giving back’ to the communities in which it is based and which it supports.
• Provides a comprehensive induction through the initial probationary period, together with support for ongoing training & development, designed to help you be the best you can be.

Next Steps

If the above sounds interesting, please click through to our careers site for further information about this role at www.thecpc.ac.uk/careers.

CPC is an Equal Opportunities Employer and committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at every level. We welcome and encourage all applications and we believe that having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values.

The closing date for written applications is 4th October 2024.