About Our Client
This is a well-established, not-for-profit organisation based in Reading, dedicated to making a meaningful impact in the community. The organisation operates with a professional and structured approach to deliver its goals effectively.
Job Description
* Create commercial procurement strategies to support ELT & Directorates to deliver their services in the most effective and efficient way whilst ensuring strategies align with the wider strategy.
* Pro-actively seeking out potential cost savings, innovative opportunities and efficiencies working up ideas into commercially viable business cases and following through to completion with the most appropriate commercial strategy for success.
* Working with ELT and Senior Leaders to develop commercial strategies, play a leading part in their assigned directorate(s) contributing equally at senior management and Director level daily.
* Ensuring compliance with the organisation's commercial policies and managing any areas of non-compliance. Failure of the Strategic Procurement Business Partner to ensure compliance with legislation could result in the organisation receiving severe financial penalty and/or adverse publicity.
* Utilise data analysis and metrics to proactively develop commercial strategies to deliver best value.
* Management of complex pre-tender and tender processes including supplier selection, internal stakeholder management, conflict resolution, documentation, contract negotiation, contract implementation and commercial evaluation. Negotiations must maximise the cost savings potential, ensure robust commercial practices; ensure security of supply, service, quality and delivery.
* Ability to effectively negotiate and influence at all levels, specifically at ELT and Senior Leader level but including with; suppliers, especially long-standing third-party partners, other stakeholders.
* Ability to appropriately challenge the status quo when there are better commercial opportunities, and able to work with the department to implement change.
The Successful Applicant
A successful Strategic Procurement Business Partner should have:
* Strong proven experience of delivering procurement strategies and benefits including savings.
* Proven experience in a senior procurement role in at least one organisation that has cross functional and business boundaries.
* Experience of working in a complex environment with a high level of uncertainty around predicted or future demand.
* Experience of working and negotiating multi-million-pound complex contracts (experience of GDPR/ Info sec terms) in diverse organisations.
* Excellent negotiation skills including knowledge and understanding of contract law and terms and conditions.
What’s on Offer
* Competitive salary ranging from £55,000 to £72,000 per annum.
* Access to retail discounts and cash back on purchases from supermarkets, clothing, electrical goods, travel, eating out & insurance
* Be part of a respected not-for-profit organisation.
* Pension contribution matched plus 2% up to a maximum of 9% employer contribution
* An additional 3% of your salary to use as you choose on a wide variety of flexible benefits e.g. gym membership, healthcare cash plan, hospital treatment, life assurance, BUPA, travel insurance and the option to buy and sell annual leave.
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