Procurement Portfolio Manager | Mansfield | Salary up to £59000 per annum| Hybrid working | 37 days holiday | 27% Pension Contribution
Cherry Professional are currently recruiting for a Senior Procurement Officer. Working with service delivery teams, you will identify the requirements, be involved in the research stage and planning stage, go out to tender and lead during the evaluation, moderation, and contract award stage.
Responsibilities:
Working with stakeholders of all levels to ensure our portfolio of procurement activity is efficiently and effectively planned, delivered and embedded.
Ensure initiatives are aligned with the strategic goals and compliance requirements of the organisation and procurement, deliver measurable value, and achieve intended business outcomes.
Maintain/manage the portfolio project pipeline, including prioritisation, resource allocation and performance monitoring.
Serve as the primary point of contact for the procurement portfolio, regularly communicating progress, risks, and outcomes to executive leadership, Procurement business area and key stakeholders.
Analysing the Procurement portfolio risks, judging the severity of them and ensuring the optimum mitigation actions are put in place to proactively minimise these risks, escalating when needed.
Have a thorough understanding of the Authority’s strategic objectives which will help and inform portfolio prioritisation and effective decision making.
Communicating often highly complex, sometimes contentious, information relating to projects and programmes to small and large groups, up to Board level, in a clear, concise and easily understood manner
Be responsible for preparing and maintaining the Procurement Portfolio plan and periodically publishing / presenting this to the Head of Procurement.
Where appropriate contribute to the review of OBCs (Outline Business Cases) and FBCs (Full Business Cases) to support the investment. In particular lead the option appraisal of various solutions in terms of cost, benefits and risks.
Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with all colleagues and stakeholders of the Procurement Portfolio.
Instigate & maintain a consistent approach to delivery across the portfolio whilst adhering to formal governance structures
Ideal Candidate:
Portfolio, Programmes and Project Offices (P3O) Practitioner (or) Management of Portfolio (MoP) Practitioner
Previous experience working within a Procurement role
Experience of Portfolio management
Experience of leading Programme Management Delivery
Experiencing of knowing what good looks like and can demonstrate your role in delivering it.
Experience of managing and prioritising a varied and demanding workload
Knowledge of Project Management best practice
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