Salary range: £64,687 - £72,402 p.a. incl. London weighting
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 40 hours per week     
Location: Brent Civic Centre and other locations from time to time    

We are a shared ICT service, supporting the local councils in Brent, Lewisham and Southwark, as well as the Local Government Association, and the Department for Housing and Pensions. We are located at the Brent Council’s Civic Centre, Wembley, with onsite client teams at Laurence House in Catford and Tooley Street, near London Bridge, Southwark

Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent’s diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here. 

The Post

About the Shared Technology Service 

Shared Technology Services are looking for a Commercial Contracts & Procurement Manager which is a pivotal role within the shared service working across all councils. Reporting to the Head of Projects & Partnerships, the successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring the successful procurement of fit for purpose solutions, supporting effective contract management of existing and new services, and managing a team of procurement officers. 

In this role the successful applicant must understand and be able to deliver end to end lifecycle processes in accordance with public procurement legislation and council policies to achieve value for money in a timely and efficient manner.  

The successful applicant must be able to evidence a sound knowledge of procurement practices and legislation within the public sector and ideally benefit from knowledge and/or experience within the IT sector.  Also be highly organised and used to dealing with a complex workload.

The Person

The ideal candidate will have with extensive experience in understanding business strategies and developing category and sourcing approaches, aligned with our business and functions. You will have: 

• Experience in a procurement role including having responsibility for relevant categories.
• CIPS qualification preferred
• Understanding of Category Management and Supplier Relationship Management tools and techniques. 
• Be familiar with Public Contract Regulations (PCR 2015) Procurement and associated Tendering and Governance processes. 
• In-depth understanding of supply markets, commercial practices, and best practice ways of working for nominated category products and/or services. 
• Strong working knowledge of operational procurement practices and tools.
• Experience, as IT/Technology Category Manager in a Procurement function
• You have recent experience of having undertaken an OJEU procurement for an IT Service with a value in excess of £10m 
• You have a track record of managing supplier negotiations across different categories of spend.
• Experienced in managing teams
• Analytical and logical nature, highly numerate with demonstrable experience of using Excel
• Confident communicator with an engaging personality

Closing date 12 May 2024 (23:59)

Additional Information

If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the "Apply Now" button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the Person Specification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.

Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.

We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.

Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.

As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on recruitment@brent.gov.uk
 

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