Job Overview
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Procurement Manager to join our Central Finance Team to deliver a high-quality, compliant, value-driven procurement service across the Trust.
Trust Central Services are based at Smith’s Wood Academy and include HR and Finance. This role is based primarily at Smith’s Wood Academy; we are, however, able to offer hybrid working (one day a week from home).
The Finance Team is a key part of FMAT’s centralised function, providing invaluable support to senior leaders across the Trust, allowing them to focus on transforming the futures of all our students.
Reporting to the Head of Finance Operations, the main responsibilities of this role include:
* Delivering a high-quality, compliant, and value-driven procurement service across all schools within the Trust
* Providing timely, accurate procurement and financial insights to support strategic decision-making and operational planning
* Line managing the Procurement Administrator and Finance Assistants, ensuring effective procurement operations
To be successful, you will have the following knowledge and experience:
* The ability to achieve optimal commercial solutions whilst maintaining credibility and a long-term supplier relationship
* The ability to develop and maintain excellent working relationships with customers/coworkers and suppliers
* Extensive understanding of procurement processes
This is a truly exciting time to join an ambitious Trust whose aim is to transform the lives of some of the most vulnerable pupils in the region.
About Us
At Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust, we enrich lives and transform futures. Our four academies in and around Birmingham offer an outstanding quality of education, recognising that all our children are individuals and delivering exceptional pastoral care to ensure their happiness. Whilst we place strong emphasis on academic achievement, we take a holistic view of education and maintain exciting extracurricular programmes to create the well-rounded young adults of tomorrow. We’re also creating outstanding careers that could take you anywhere within our network – and take your future anywhere you want to go.
Benefits
When you join Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust, you join a nurturing family where your professional satisfaction and personal happiness really count. You can expect heavy investment in your career development alongside an outstanding package of benefits, including:
* Educational support
* Flexi perks
* Salary sacrifice scheme
* Perkbox subscription
* Professional learning and regular training
* Counselling, Mental Health First Aiders and access to a Wellness Hub
* Wellbeing updates and stress management guidance
* Menopause awareness training
* Free flu jabs
* Access to fitness programmes, including yoga, HIIT and more
* Access to physical activities during our Trust-wide Wellbeing Week
* Diet and nutrition webinars
Closing date: 11.00am on 29 September 2025.
Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will therefore be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) as well as providing evidence of qualifications.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
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