Commercial & Procurement Manager

Job Summary by the careerbalance.co.uk Team:

60Job Description:The Commercial and Procurement Manager is responsible for:
 

• develop and implement, in consultation with the Head of Contract Delivery procurement strategy to deliver the capital investment programme requirements and services contracts associated with compliance and other services contract;
• ensuring all procurement exercises comply with the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules and the Public Contract Regulations 2015 where applicable;
• ensuring appropriate approvals are in place in accordance with the Councils Governance framework, for the award of contracts and contract variations;
• chairing tender evaluation panels, to ensure all tenders are evaluated consistently and good practice is adhered too and sitting on evaluation panels when required;
• ensuring appropriate social value outcomes within contracts are achieved;
• developing and implementing procurement to fully support and integrate   Section 20 consultation and robust processes for enabling the home ownership teams successful leaseholder contribution recovery and/or successful defending leaseholder challenge at First tier tribunal
• ensuring a robust financial governance position is in place and adhered to across all projects;
• providing budget forecast information to the Head of Contract Delivery, as required;

Requirements 

• Significant experience of procurement within the public sector and in line with relevant legislation.
• Experience of working in housing or local government sectors
• Chartered membership of a relevant professional body – (Experienced candidates, working towards chartered status will be considered.)
• Significant experience in a similar role
• Extensive knowledge of contract forms; collateral warranties and other forms of securities
• Experiencing of tendering contracts including preparation of contract documentation, evaluation of tenders and report production and knowledge and understanding of the relevant legislation

Contract 

• Initial 3 month contract (Temp to Perm)
• PAYE via Umbrella 
• Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm (1-2 days in Office)

If you are interested in this position AND meet the requriements, APPLY NOW!Location: South East, North London