PROCUREMENT SERVICE OPERATIONS MANAGER Location: Theale, West Berkshire * Permanent Position * Based in Theale * Salary: Negotiable + Car Allowance * Hybrid working available * CIPS Level 4 or above essential This is an exciting role working for our client who are a highly successful healthcare company and leading service provider of equipment solutions to the NHS and private hospital groups in the UK, based in West Berkshire. Your role will be to ensure both the profitability and quality of the outsourced contracts and contract renewals are managed efficiently. Our client is therefore looking for an experienced manager who can build excellent stakeholder relationships and can drive collaborative change. Your Role and Responsibilities: As the Procurement Service Operations Manager your task will be: Lead UKI procurement of external service contracts and service parts for the business, including biomedical and endoscopy equipment. Support the Head of Procurement and Supply Chain to develop long-term supplier management strategies that balance the Group's drive to insource maintenance whilst securing value for money from OEMs. Support Head of Procurement and Supply Chain with capital procurement projects when required. Deploy good decision process and techniques to optimise profit and and value and balance the risk from the external spend. Work closely with Stakeholders to ensure procurement from external suppliers is prof...