Would you like the opportunity to directly influence key transport decision making within Greater Manchester, by partnering with our functional areas to deliver an extensive programme of capitally funded projects? Transport for Greater Manchester are seeking a driven and experienced Procurement Manager to support the business through a significant period of change, by developing and supporting complex procurement activities across a portfolio of infrastructure transport projects.
Your Role
You will lead and manage a portfolio of requirements across a range of capital spend categories, including Highways, Construction, Light Rail, Heavy Rail and Project Consultancy. You will be numerate and utilise data and analyse market forces to lead on the development and delivery of procurement strategies to drive savings, improved performance, best whole life cost and minimised risk to TfGM, whilst influencing a range of stakeholders to drive the value of procurement across the organisation
As a Procurement Manager, you will be the first point of contact for procurement in your areas of responsibility, partnering with functional teams such as Metrolink, Rail, Highways, and Bus, and often stakeholders beyond TfGM. You will lead in the development and delivery of procurement strategies, leveraging spend and wider opportunities aligned to the organisation’s strategic priorities.
This is hybrid role where you will be expected to work in the office a minimum of 2 days per week, including site visits within Greater Manchester.
Please read the role profile below for more information, in addition to reviewing this candidate pack that we’ve put together!
Who are we?
The procurement team sits within the Commercial Services Directorate and is responsible for managing all of the businesses procurement requirements. This role primarily relates to the delivery of large-scale multi-modal capital projects and will also include identification, procurement and delivery of related support services such as design and engineering consultants.
What you’ll bring
What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt .
You will be an experienced procurement professional and have experience of developing and implementing strategies within a capitally funded construction environment. Experience of working to agreed deadlines as part of a multi-functional project team as well as individually will be essential. You will also have experience of supplier management, and understanding of contractual engagement and building relationships for success. Ideally, you will be MCIPS qualified or have equivalent experience, and you will also have some contract management experience.
What we can offer you
A permanent role with a salary of £57,770 - £65,024 per annum dependent on skills and experience.
At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process.
Our benefits include:
* 28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
* Free bus travel within Greater Manchester and free Rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary
* Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme which includes life cover of 3x your salary and options to increase your pension contributions
* Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling with reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role
* We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required
* Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.
What's next?
To apply please submit your CV and complete your application ensuring that you provide clear examples against the criteria questions, all appointments will be based on merit. Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on your CV. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.
Internal candidates - check with your line manager before applying for a secondment, to make sure you can be released from your substantive role.
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Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.
TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here .
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Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.
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