WMCA is continually evolving as an organisation, with more devolved funding coming our way for projects in transport, housing, regeneration and skills, there’s no better time to join us.  An important part of our journey is to embed our vision and purpose, transform how we work, manage our performance, culture, behaviours and structure of the organisation.

Our Procurement team is growing and changing too, moving to a more proactive solutions-focused service to support the WMCA in delivering for the region.

As Senior Procurement Lead Officer, you’ll provide best practice procurement advice and support the Procurement Business Partner in managing expectations of key stakeholders and implementing strategic change. 

You’ll lead a team of procurement professionals and will be accountable for the delivery of all procurement projects across the organisation.

Procurement plays a key role in the delivery of a wide variety projects in areas such as transport, housing, Rail, Midland Metro and Professional Services – to name a few.

If you’re interested in what we do, want to play a key role in delivering for the WMCA and the West Midlands, apply today.

What will you be doing?

• Lead a team to deliver saving opportunities, ensuring that objectives and success criteria are identified and delivered in line with client expectations
• Establish appropriate demand management processes across WMCA to record and maintain a pipeline of current and forthcoming tender activity
• Drive the delivery of Social Value and Real Living wage into all procurement strategies, tender documents and contracts
• Promote importance of procurement across business units and best practice through continuous improvement so that procurement processes are effective in delivering WMCA’s objectives

About you

We’re looking for commercially minded Procurement professionals who are working at a similar level or are ready to take the next step in their career.

A pro-active individual who can lead and develop a team, knows how to get things done and has a track record of delivering against objectives. 

You’ll be well versed with end to end procurement practices, comfortable with developing procurement strategies and confident when talking to senior managers and negotiating with third parties.

A confident communicator, with the ability to present information, proposals and ideas that engage the audience and clearly communicate the benefits of change.

The above provides a flavour of the experience, skills and knowledge we’re looking for, you can get more detail from the job description at the end of this advert.  We would encourage you to read through the JD so you can fully demonstrate how you meet the criteria within your CV.

About us

WMCA is committed to a better connected, more prosperous, fairer, greener and healthier region. This is our vision. We will achieve our vision through living our values which are central to how we work and interact with our wider partners and stakeholders.

We’re a partnership organisation. Our people feel valued and respected, have a can-do attitude and are innovators. We try new ways of doing things, we aren’t afraid to fail, learn from what went wrong and try again. Our people are empowered to be creative and explore and innovate.

We are a “Leaders in Diversity” accredited organisation, are in the Inclusive Top 50 Employers List and are one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Women. As a Disability Confident Employer, we have made a positive commitment to interviewing all applicants with a disability who meet the essential role criteria. We are committed to building a team of people with varied backgrounds and experiences as we recognise that this will only benefit us as an employer, the more inclusive we are the better our work will be.

As an organisation, we will continue to adapt and develop to the opportunities and challenges ahead. We will continue to transform ourselves and our organisation into the best we can be, underpinned by our values and behaviours and everyone contributes towards achieving our vision.

Furthermore, wherever possible we will offer flexible working options which assist work-life balance. We are very happy to discuss a flexible working pattern that suits your needs, so please do not let that be a barrier to applying. If your values align with ours and you’re committed to working towards creating a future we can all be proud of, we want to hear from you.

About your application

You will be asked to upload an up to date relevant CV which demonstrates how you meet the criteria, if may want to attached a supporting statement to include specific examples which demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria for the role for which you are applying. 

If you would like to discuss alternative methods to the online application as a reasonable adjustment please contact the Resourcing Team by email (careers@wmca.org.uk).

Location

16 Summer Lane, Birmingham, B19 3SD. Hybrid working conditions are currently in place which means working remotely and coming to the office when required.

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