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Job Title
Category Manager
Purpose of Job
To be responsible to the Category Lead for providing excellent senior level commercial advice to support the Council to achieve its corporate objectives and act as a key strategic adviser on complex procurement matters, managing high value projects and guiding the department to achieve value for money and social value.
Key Responsibilities
* Providing excellent senior level commercial advice to support the Council to achieve its corporate objectives.
* Working in partnership with the relevant Department, acting as a key strategic adviser on complex procurement matters, managing procurement projects of high value, complexity and/or risk to the council and guiding and advising the relevant department(s).
* Providing expert technical information, advice, guidance and challenge on all aspects of the procurement process to internal customers.
* Managing relationships with third party partners and ensuring that any potential risks within procurements are effectively managed to safeguard successful delivery of outcomes.
* Specialising (although not exclusively) on contracting activity within certain categories of spend or certain classes of contract activity to gain familiarity with certain service considerations.
* Contributing to Council-wide and service areas initiatives that will achieve and implement the corporate objectives.
* Providing effective procurement programme and risk management, application of corporate procurement standards and controls, and management of people, resources and operations as may be required for identified key procurement projects within the service areas.
* Managing up to 2 directly managed staff and up to 6 indirectly managed consultancy/contracting staff.
Main Duties
* To develop and implement category procurement strategies and robust forward procurement plans, including setting targets which contribute to the delivery of the Medium Term Financial Strategy and other key Council policies.
* To provide expert strategic procurement and contract management advice to senior managers and officers across the Council.
* To provide contractual advice and lead end‑to‑end procurement processes across the Council, including complex and high value contracts, and acting as a key member of the project team.
* To provide quality advice and guidance to internal customers on all aspects of the procurement process, supported by expert technical knowledge including relevant legislation and best practice.
* To apply the tools and techniques of strategic sourcing to achieve business outcomes through sound market analysis, commercial acumen and strategy formulation, resulting in improved quality of services and/or financial savings, and in all cases, value for money.
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