Walsall Council’s Procurement Service is at the heart of a progressive Council, which is committed to serving the people and communities of Walsall. We are now seeking to recruit a number of highly motivated, committed, ambitious and experienced procurement professionals to fill a range of roles.

Our vacancies have arisen as a result of investment to expand the role of the procurement service to operate strategically, enabling the Council to put the right things in place to meet customer needs and outcomes, in a manner that reduces waste, maximises efficiency and delivers value for money and savings across the Council.

Procurement Business Manager – Ref: RT40918

£47,337- £51,924

Closing date: 16 January 2019
Interviews are scheduled for week commencing 28 January 2019

Through the deployment of excellent interpersonal skills, sound operational management, effective and efficient planning and extensive procurement knowledge and experience, you will assist the Head of Service in the delivery of a modern, resilient, high quality customer focused procurement service that supports delivery of the Councils Corporate objectives, to the highest possible professional standards. 

Key Requirements

• Significant experience in a senior position of successfully delivering procurement and programme management in a large complex organisation
• Experience of successfully managing and delivering strategic procurement projects, in accordance with European Union (EU) Legislation and Public Contract Regulations, as part of a cross functional team, on time, in a complex and challenging environment.
• Understanding of governance and risk management of major projects
• Extensive, knowledge of the Law relating to Procurement
• Experience of analysing complex financial and procurement related data to identify and opportunities and generate for improved procurement
• Experience of developing and implementing procurement strategies.
• Experience of successfully deploying procurement best practice to reduce waste, improve effectiveness and generate efficiency
• Experience of matrix management, managing people and resources
• Experience of managing change internally and with partners
• Degree or equivalent and Professional Diploma for CIPS or willingness to work towards

Walsall Council is a great place to work. Our workforce are proud to be here, understanding and respecting our values as an organisation whilst delivering effective and efficient services to our residents every day.  Our workforce strategy recognises that the success of our organisation depends upon attracting, developing and retaining talent and having the right infrastructure and rewards approach in place in order to do so.

If you are passionate about delivering high quality, customer focused procurement services and want to achieve great things in a supportive environment that offers opportunity and challenge in equal measure, Walsall Council is your employer of choice.

Walsall has much to offer, including extensive regeneration, having recently delivered a newly rebuilt hospital and college, development of the Walsall Waterfront offering new residential accommodation, hotels and leisure facilities and is seeing ongoing investment in its town centre and retail provision.  As an employer, we provide an attractive employment package that includes:

• A generous annual leave entitlement offering (for this role) a minimum 28 days leave per year plus 9 concessionary days and in addition to a flexible working scheme that allows up to a further 12 days leave per year
• Access to an award winning pension scheme
• Recent development of the working environment which has created a modern professional space in which to work with improved technology that allows agile working
• Promotion of training and development opportunities to all our employees to help them progress and gain new skills
• A genuine commitment to equality of opportunity for our staff and customers – we aim to employ a representative workforce that reflects the communities we serve

We advertise vacancies because we want the best talent available. If that's you, we're waiting for your application.

Procurement Recruitment Drop-in Event – Meet the Team

Why not visit us at New Art Gallery, Gallery Square, Walsall WS2 8LG

On Wednesday 9^th January 2019 between 10.30 until 1.00pm

Here, you will be able to have a chat with members of our procurement team, who will provide information concerning the positions that you are interested in and advice on how to apply.