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Assistant Director Procurement – Corporate Procurement Services (CPS)

Employer
Birmingham City Council
Location
Birmingham
Salary
£77,046 - £95,230
Closing date
31 Jul 2021
Reference
BCC002205

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Sector
Local Councils
Job Type
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Working Pattern
Standard
Hours
Full-Time

Job Details

Be Bold, Be Birmingham

At Birmingham City Council, we’re on an exciting journey of growth and change. We’re innovating across a huge range of services, with a focus on delivering great life outcomes for our 1.2million residents. Housing, a commitment to sustainability and the development of sector-leading digital solutions and public services are central to our plans providing an exciting opportunity to join us, and deliver the boldest ideas and concepts to build on the fantastic opportunity which the Commonwealth Games 2022 offers the city and region.

As the Assistant Director- Corporate Procurement Services (CPS), you’ll transform and help develop the CPS function in the City Council, ensuring that it is cost effective and on path to achieving our strategic vision. You will play an instrumental role in transforming the market and adding social value whilst ensuring positive impact on outcomes and our environment.

You’ll lead commercial change in the Council and its supply chain through collaborating with the wider organisation and Members, as well as inspiring your team around you. This means you need to be great with people, as you’ll need to effectively communicate with service users and other stakeholders.

Building a centre of expertise and excellence in CPS, you’ll define a clear vision for the future of CPS which will deliver brilliant value across all Council expenditure.

Together within your team, you’ll help establish and sustain a culture of measuring and managing compliance against agreed policies and processes for all procurement activity. You’ll also plan and manage budgets, achieving the best financial results and reaching various resource based targets.

To be able to work on these exciting challenges you’ll need Full Membership (or associate membership if in final stages of progressing to full membership) of the MCIPS or an appropriate equivalent body. We’ll also like to see a broad, in-depth experience in Procurement and Contract Management, including relevant operational experience, which shows a wide exposure to complex practices.

This is a truly unique role with scope to bring lasting change to a dynamic and exciting city. If you want real challenges that will maximise your potential, then get in touch.

Further information is available at www.gatenbysanderson.com/job/GSe76189. For a confidential conversation with our recruitment partners GatenbySanderson, please contact Charlotte Croffie on 07551 566195 or Delicia Coutinho on 020 7426 3962.

 

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Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.

We welcome people from diverse and underrepresented communities and encourage applications from, those with caring responsibilities, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, neurodivergent, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion.   We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

Information for applicants with a disability

We are a proud Disability Confident Employer.  We encourage applicants to disclose disabilities, so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Please contact: 0121 675 7070 option 3 (lines open between 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday).

If you require an application in an alternative format, such as Braille or you are unable to complete an application form via WMJOBS, please contact bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk. When you have completed your application form this can be returned to bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk or for Braille applications these can be posted to, Recruitment Team, 2nd Floor, 10 Woodcock Street, B7 4BG.

The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence. 

There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:

  • A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
  • An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
  • A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
  • A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
  • A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.

We see the Council’s role as providing strategic leadership – that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.

We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision.  We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.

Birmingham City Council is a Foundation Living wage employer - known as the Birmingham Living Wage. The Birmingham Living Wage, is determined by the Living Wage Foundation on an annual basis by the Centre of Research in Society Polity at Loughborough University. The current rate can be found at: www.livingwage.org.uk.

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Telephone
0121 675 7070
Location
Birmingham City Council
Birmingham
West Midlands
B2 2XU
United Kingdom

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