Senior Procurement Specialist

The University of Warwick is looking for 3-6 months cover to support the University’s procurement function in the provision of an efficient and responsive service in relation to project and category based procurement.ResponsibilitiesCategory / Project Strategies - Develop, implement and monitor top level category / capital project procurement strategies to achieve strict savings targets / budgets.Competitive Procurement Processes - Plan, lead and award complex procurement processes, contracts and framework agreements to achieve optimum savings, value for money and timescales. Comply with the University’s financial regulations ensuring good governance across procurement activities in compliance with statutory obligations.Contract Negotiation - Procurement lead for complex, strategic negotiations to ensure commercially optimum contracts, mitigating financial and legal risk (for example total cost analysis, management of payment terms, import, currency, liability and IPR risks).Stakeholder Engagement - Designated Procurement link to one or more strategic departments, undertake procurement activity and provide expert advice to senior members of staff. Facilitate greater visibility of the procurement pipeline.Staff Management and Development - Support the development of more junior team members. Where applicable, manage one or more junior members of staff.QualificationsSignificant experience within a complex procurement environment, established record of delivering procurement strategies, managing spend in excess of £10M across a range of category areas and realising savings in line with targets.Required SkillsAreas of sourcing experience that would be particularly relevant: IT – capital equipment, corporate systems and software implementations.Experience of setting up and / or compliant use of frameworks.Experience of CCS frameworks – e.g G Cloud / Tech Services.Public procurement experience.Able to lead cross functional projects and teams across a variety of stakeholder groups and at a senior level.Skilled in developing and implementing top level category or capital project strategies to strict budgets / savings targets, timescales and KPI frameworks.Awareness of the University’s strategic goals.Capable of managing small teams, (one or more). Ability to delegate appropriate activities, support and manage staff development and performance.In depth knowledge, understanding and application of Category and Supply Chain Management and procurement best practice across dedicated category areas.Commercial acumen and understanding of market dynamics and cost drivers. Ability to determine and present options appraisals and business case recommendations and exploit market opportunities.Understanding of P2P and wider procurement and corporate systems. Confident in analysing large volumes of data to support strategy formulation.Pay range and compensation package£25-30 per hour