About The Role Salary-Up to £65,000 DOE Working pattern-Three days per week in Stroud office We are seeking an experienced Procurement Manager on a permanent basis who will develop, implement and manage a procurement strategy and framework to support the whole organisation. This is a new role to the organisation and will be instrumental in evolving and refining the procurement strategy, policies, processes and templates, ensuring controls are adhered to across the organisation. You will be responsible for identifying, evaluating and management of key suppliers to ensure high performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. Involvement in project procurement objectives and requirements. The focus will be predominantly internal facing, acting as the point of contact for support across multiple purchasing stakeholders. Ensuring they have the right framework and guidance within which to operate. The role will be responsible for: · Developing and implementing a procurement strategy/framework · Support wider stakeholders with tender templates and best practices, helping to evaluate bids and making recommendation · Working with cross business functions; agree and maintain approved supplier list · Develop strategies to make sure that cost savings and support performance targets are met and or exceeded · Build out a suite of documentation to include policies, processes and reporting templates to support the business in wider procurement governance · Analyse data and produce reports and statistics on spending, saving and performance · Provide procurement advice and guidance to key stakeholders · Develop a procurement schedule for long-term contracts, accounting for the scale and size of each contract in question · Ensure we consider all necessary environmental, social and economic policies when selecting suppliers · Proactively identify and mitigate procurement risks, ensuring continuity of supply · Interacting with various stakeholders, including suppliers, business areas, senior management and the board About You: · Proven strategic procurement experience with solid understanding of building out framework best practices, contract management and reporting principles · Have a deep knowledge of the full procurement cycle, from supplier outreach to ongoing monitoring · Strong communicator who has attention to detail · A proficient negotiator with strong commercial awareness and influencing skills · Excellent organisational and time management skills · A self-starter who is confident working independently and as part of a team · Confidence interacting with senior management · MCIPs would be an advantage About Us: What's in it for you Healthcare plan, life assurance and generous pension contribution Volunteering Day Hybrid Working Various company discounts (including shops, gyms, days out and events) Holiday of 25 days (plus bank holidays) & ability to buy/sell days Cycle to work scheme, car pooling and onsite parking available As a valued member of the team, you will be supporting the Group Environmental Policy and its associated sustainability objectives and targets. Flexibility statement The fast moving nature of the company's business means that from time to time you may be asked to perform duties or tasks outside of your original job description on an ad hoc basis. This allows the company to use its people in the best possible way at all times and helps the employees to make their contribution in a changing environment. Ecotricity is Britain's greenest energy company. When we started back in 1995, we were the first company in the world to provide a new kind of electricity - the green kind. Our mission was, and remains, to change the way energy is made and used in Britain - by replacing fossil fuels with clean, renewable energy. We don't just supply green energy, we use the money from our customers' bills to make it ourselves too - we build windmills, sun parks and green gasmills in Britain. We call this turning 'bills into mills'. Some of our biggest achievements to date include building Britain's first megawatt windmill and the country's first grid-scale sun park, as well as building our first green gasmill, generating 100% green gas from a source that we will never run out of grass. We don't just focus on energy though- we built the Electric Highway, Britain's leading network of electric vehicle charging points; we helped Forest Green Rovers become the greenest football club in the world; and we launched Britain's greenest mobile phone service, Ecotalk, where they use the money from their customers' bills to protect and regenerate Britain's lost rainforests. Ecotricity is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to providing equality for all.