Procurement and Contracts Manager Job Norwich area,England UK,Government

Discover yourself in Lewisham where what you do makes a difference to our vibrant and culturally diverse communities!

We have a rich history of welcoming people from all over the world and are proud to be recognised as the UK’s first Borough of Sanctuary, for our work in championing the rights of refugees and migrants.

Introduction

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in Lewisham’s Procurement team.

What’s the role?

As a Procurement and Contracts Manager, you will provide expert guidance and support to the Housing Directorate team, ensure compliance with legal and Council requirements, and support the development and implementation of the Council’s procurement strategy.

This role is ideal for someone passionate about driving excellence in procurement and delivering impactful public services.

Duties

To ensure successful delivery of procurement and contract management activities, specifically to the Housing Directorate, through the current decentralized model.

To manage and maintain the corporate integrated online procurement system and procedures for use by client directorates across the Council.

To ensure that the team keeps that system up to date and fit for purpose at all times to enable compliance with PA2023, UK, local regulation and Council regulation and achieve maximum effectiveness and efficiency.

To provide written guidance, comprehensive training and expert consultancy advice to Directorate commissioners in all matters pertaining to procurement practice including the law, the use of the integrated online system, options appraisals, tendering strategy and the development of selection and evaluation criteria.

To review tender documentation prior to publication to ensure compliance with relevant legislation and Council regulations, taking action to correct as necessary.

To monitor the procurement practice of Directorates by examination of their use of the integrated online system to ensure that the Council’s procurement practice and contract management is at all times compliant with relevant legislation and Council regulations and to take action to redress if necessary.

To ensure that systems are in place so that the Council complies with all reporting arrangements required by transparency provisions in PA2023, UK or local regulation in relation to procurement activity and decisions.

To develop the Council’s procurement strategy for consideration by the Strategic Procurement and Corporate Contract Manager and the Council’s Corporate Procurement Board, ensuring that all necessary research and information, including as required benchmarking, market developments, organisational needs and customer requirements are available to the Board to inform their decisions.

To update the knowledge base of strategic analysis of markets and supplier trends to ensure that procurement is based on best practice intelligence.

To inform the Board by supporting the development and implementation of corporate strategies, frameworks and standards for procurement across the Council.

To take all necessary and appropriate steps to implement the Council’s procurement and contract management strategy.

To ensure that the Council’s procurement and contract management strategy and policy documents fully support the wider economic, social and equality objectives of the Council.

To oversee the day to day management of the procurement and contract management administrative function to ensure that supplier contacts, contracts, paper and online records are maintained and kept up to date.

To keep abreast of new initiatives, legislation and research in connection with procurement and contract management and to disseminate across the Council as appropriate.

To manage the Council’s central procurement and contract management arrangements to ensure efficiency gains for the Council.

To support and manage procurement and contract management officers and apprentices so that:

the team provides professional advice across the Council.
staff are appropriately trained to deliver the procurement and contract management strategy and any related projects
the performance of the reporting is managed appropriately and constantly improved
projects are…