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Procurement ManagerDuration: 3 months +Hourly rate: £20-£25
Location: Central London, nearest station: Marylebone or EustonHybrid working: 3 days remote, 2 days work from Central London Office
Your new roleRecruiting a highly skilled and experienced End-to-End Procurement Manager to join a regulator based in London. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the entire procurement process, with a particular emphasis on tendering and contract management. This role requires a deep understanding of the Procurement Act and public sector procurement legislation.

Duties include:

• Develop and implement procurement strategies that align with organisational goals and regulatory requirements.
• Lead the tendering process, including the preparation of tender documents, evaluation of bids, and selection of suppliers.
• Negotiate and manage contracts, ensuring compliance with the Procurement Act and other relevant public sector procurement legislation.
• Conduct market analysis to identify potential suppliers and assess their capabilities.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand their procurement needs and provide expert advice on tendering and contract management.
• Monitor and evaluate supplier performance, ensuring adherence to contract terms and conditions.
• Prepare and present procurement reports to senior management.

What you'll need to succeed

• Extensive experience in end-to-end procurement within the public sector, with a strong focus on tendering and contract management.
• In-depth knowledge of the Procurement Act and public sector procurement legislation.
• Strong negotiation and contract management skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.

Personal Attributes:

• Detail-oriented with a strong focus on accuracy and compliance.
• Proactive and able to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and develop team members.
• Committed to continuous professional development and staying updated with industry trends.

What you need to do now
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. This is an immediate start temporary position. Candidates must be available immediately or have a notice period of no more than one week. Due to the high volume of applications, we will only contact candidates who meet the relevant experience criteria. If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

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• Notifies the Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO) of input forms and procedures required to affect action, contracts production, and quality assurance elements to verify or secure required input data.
• Assists other contracts personnel in resolving problems with Trusted Agent function workload, progress payments, and contract closings.
• Plays an integral role in influencing the achievement of Agency Level Performance Indicators that are associated with the Contract Closeout and Canceling Funds.
• Maintains contact with customer and contractors under established contracts in order to discuss and attempt to resolve difficulties related to scheduling deliveries, availability of goods and meeting terms of purchase agreements, etc.
• Conducts preliminary review of both documents (creates an excel spreadsheet to compare both sets of data) and identifies discrepancies to the Contract Administrator/Administrative Contracting Officer.
• Establishes, maintains and utilizes databases developed by the team to assure suspense dates are met and that the contract data reflects contractor performance accurately and is available for validation.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Purchasing Project Management for Sensor business based in the Robert Bosch Project Purchasing team Suzhou.
• Request for Qualified Contractors sourcing trigger and coordinate supplier awarding, sample ordering and delivery tracking according to project demand.
• Independent coordination and implementation of purchasing Projects within a project Team.
• Conduct and lead meetings with the Project Team and supplier to clarify technical (and commercial ) requirements and milestones including achievement of project goals(cost , quality , deadlines, budget and capacity).
• Member of simultaneous engineering team and coordinates Sales Evaluation work at suppler.
• Coordinate Engineering Change processes relevant with external supplier and conduct Bosch Part and sub-components release according to project timing requirement.
• Analysis and lead Cost saving activity for series part and support external MAT cost estimation at project requisition phase.
• Preventive Quality in Bosch Business Sector Mobility purchasing organization in one hand: responsible for planning, execution & release.
• Expert for quality methods & tools, works across different material fields, e.g. injection molding, stamping, bulk cable, cable assembly, surface treatment.
• Active and continuous a team member, works closely with project manager, engineering and manufacturing.
• Represents and reports preventive quality topics up to board level (BU).
• Defines preventive quality elements for each component and supplier based on the understood cause and effect relationships.
• Confirms manufacturing capability of supplier for sourcing meeting.
• Executes process release at supplier.(incl. content review of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis | and control plan) and approves Purchase Price Analysis/Production Part Approval Process.
• Responsible for final release of purchased components.
• Defines and follow-up Safe Launch activities (EPC and Run@Rate).
• Ensures lessons learned across projects and suppliers.

- Process Request and Coordinating with other departments for all goods and services
- Identify suppliers of goods and services
- Work closely with the team to understand details of procurement requirements
- Purchase goods or services that meet the quantity and quality expectations of the organization
- Compare available goods / services across suppliers to determine appropriate pricing and lead time supply
- Negotiate terms with suppliers such as price, quality of goods, deadlines, expectations, etc.
- Liaise with suppliers and internal departments regarding updates and details of goods / services
- Create purchase orders as agreed with supply requests and orders
- Evaluate and negotiate contracts with vendors
- Received and coordinating goods / services delivery
- Monitoring invoices received to ensure accuracy of goods / services delivered
- Regular coordination meetings with the legal department to ensure any contractual obligations are favourable to the company
- Managing and maintaining contracts with vendors
- Negotiating and drafting contract terms and conditions
- Ensuring compliance with all related laws , tax and regulations
- Analyzing and evaluating supplier performance
- Managing daily, monthly and quarterly reports
- Developing and maintaining supplier relationships
- Support direct Supervisor/Head Division/Team/Committee in terms of the work to its ad-hoc/project based

- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management or related field
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in procurement
- Strong understanding of business processes procurement
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Good negotiation skills
- Attention to detail & have strong analytical skills
- Good multitasking skills
- Ability to work in a team or independently
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

• Capital market sharing session
• Self development program
• Health insurance benefits
• Well being and counselling program

Your new company
This is a multinational banking and financial services institution, with over 450 branches in 19 cities. They offer a wide range of financial services, including corporate banking, investment banking and asset management, ranked amongst the largest 25 banks globally by assets under management. This team has moved from a decentralised to a centralised capacity. Therefore, a strong desire to promote procurement internally is needed for this role.

Your new role
You will be supporting the Procurement Director in establishing the value of procurement, with a direct focus on leading and managing the IT Category. You will be managing £50m worth of spend, as well as direct management of a small team reporting to you. The principal part of this role will be the full E2E procurement process of the IT category. A Market Data Category manager will be reporting into you, so market data exposure would be desirable.

What you'll need to succeed
You will NEED to have predominant exposure to category management of IT - any other profiles won't be considered. You must have an innovative mindset in order to support the development of the entire procurement function. You will need to have great interpersonal and communication skills when engaging stakeholders and suppliers, as well as exposure managing people. You will need to have a good understanding of the market, products and services in the IT category with great stakeholder engagement to help centralise procurement.

What you'll get in return
With the company being very pro-people development, you will be joining a very collaborative team with a plethora of opportunities and exposure across the business. On offer is a competitive salary with 25 days annual leave, discretionary bonus and private medical and dental. As the company is very people focussed, you will benefit from a great work-life balance - 2-3 days in the office.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, please send me your CV directly expressing why you are relevant -
If this isn't the best fit for you but you know someone that may be interested, please do reach out with their details.

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Job Title: Procurement & Contracts OfficerLocation: Central London
Job type: 12-month temporary contract
Hybrid working: 2 days remote, 3 days work from the London Office

• To undertake procurement projects in one or more key categories in line with the Local Authorities' strategic and tactical management arrangements for procurement.
• To undertake data and market analysis for category spend in order to recommend procurement strategy opportunities in line with Corporation Standing Orders, procurement regulations, and public procurement law
• To support the delivery of the recommended category strategy for aligned categories in line with all relevant regulations, legislation, government directives and codes of compliance, to reduce risk of legal challenge to the Corporation, whilst maintaining the balance between high quality of goods and services procured and price, and to develop new strategies in line with market trends, changes in procurement law or guidelines, or corporate priorities.
• To act in a business partner role for a small range of departments, providing guidance and Procurement expertise to officers involved in strategic and tactical procurement exercises.
• To champion and drive measurable responsible procurement benefits across all commercial activity
• To be committed to providing the highest level of customer service, delivering the best value to the Corporation, working with both internal and external customers/suppliers and actively seeking to promote equality of opportunity in relation to the duties of the post.

Candidates need to have the following experience/ qualifications:

• Previous experience within the Public Sector is essential.
• Candidates must hold or be actively working towards a CIPS qualification
• Candidates must have completed training on the Procurement Act
• A generalist background in Procurement is necessary.

This role requires an immediate start, so candidates must be available immediately or have a notice period of no more than 1 week. Please note that the day rate and hybrid working arrangements are non-negotiable.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk