Senior Procurement Manager

The opportunityCommercial Services is where big ideas become real. In this role, your procurement expertise will help TfGM buy well, understand its markets, improve supplier relationships and secure sustainable value for customers, communities, taxpayers and the environment. You will work with senior stakeholders and operational teams across the organisation, with the opportunity to influence how requirements are shaped and how suppliers deliver.

Key responsibilities· Lead end-to-end procurement and tendering activity through to final commercial arrangement, contract or framework sign-off, including multi-million-pound projects.

· Develop, critique and implement sourcing and commodity strategies based on organisational need, supply-market insight and commercial risk.

· Create complex tender documentation, assess responses and recommend the best-value option while minimising operational and commercial exposure.

· Identify and deliver significant savings, service improvements, cost reduction and whole-life value across a broad portfolio.

· Research alternative routes to market and contracting strategies, using market knowledge to influence senior stakeholders and executive decisions.

· Develop commercial recommendations, sourcing strategies and savings plans for presentation to senior governance groups.

· Build productive supplier relationships and use SLAs, KPIs, negotiation and continuous improvement to enhance contract performance.

· Challenge existing commercial approaches and identify opportunities for collaboration and shared value across TfGM.

· Coach and advise stakeholders involved in procurement, building confidence, compliance and a stronger value-for-money culture.

• · Manage a demanding portfolio of priorities and contribute to peer reviews, commercial planning and improvement of procurement processes.