Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Cambridge, is currently looking to recruit a Contracts Manager for an initial 6 month contract on a rate of £23.60/hour PAYE. Remote working maybe considered.
 
Responsibilities:
 
– Responsible for developing, negotiating, managing, and leading complex contractual, legal, and financial arrangements with providers of goods and services for both the Digital and Estates Division of the organisation.
– Manage the portfolio of Digital and Estates contracts to ensure value for money and contract assurance holding suppliers to account.
– Identify and lead on new and emerging technologies in conjunction with Heads of Digital and Estates with particular emphasis on sustainability and carbon neutral targets in line with the organisation’s net zero plan.
– Represent Digital and Estates as the depart lead on new tenders in conjunction with SBS our outsourced procurement provider
– To provide strategic procurement advice and expertise. Manage internal Digital and Estates operations to enable the delivery of the vision, business plans, saving targets and day to day operations.
– Work within the regional ICS framework to ensure “better buying together” targeting collaborative buying and economies of scale
– Build professional relationships, initiate, and lead change to enable all staff to deliver savings and quality improvements. Work to improve the service, enhance expertise and build procurement capability and capacity. Operate within EU procurement legislation and Trust Standing Financial Instructions.
– Responsible for the implementation of local and national contracts in line with the organisation’s procurement strategy and the Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs)
 
Essential Skills:
 
– Educated to master’s level or equivalent experience
– CIPS
– Knowledge of procurement rules and standing financial instructions (SFIs)
– Experienced at working within the public sector
– Understand B2B and B2C relationships and with an attention to the customer needs.
– Undertaking value for money assessment (VfmA)
– Proven track record of negotiating contracts and managing competitive tendering process and working knowledge of the EU regulations
– Proven track record in implementing required amendments to department policies processes inline with national policy changes to maintain compliance.
– Knowledge of improvement cycles
– Financial and business acumen
– Bid writing and negotiation skills
– Required to act independently within appropriate guidelines, deciding when it is necessary to refer to their manager.
– Awareness on regional or national changes in relation to public sector procurement regulations
– Have sound knowledge in accessing, updating information systems.
– Ability to work autonomously, prioritising work appropriately and managing a changing workload
– Understanding of data protection, information governance and confidentiality
– Excellent interpersonal, communication and facilitation skills, including negotiating skills and conflict resolution.
– Ability to process information logically
– Ability to discuss and explain complex issues to non-specialist staff
– Self-motivated and able to motivate others
– Positive approach to problem solving with good analytical skills
 
Desirable Skills:
 
– Extensive contract management skills, procurement
– Project Management Qualification e.g., PRINCE2
– Knowledge of procurement frameworks
– Expedient and ‘quick to’ market knowledge
– Ability to write clearly and appropriately for a particular purpose or target group
– Good presentation skills using a variety of resources
– Ability to influence decision making and working practice and procedures
 
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