Salary: £36,648 - £40,221
Hours: 36.25 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Location: Tootal Building, Manchester
Advert closing date: Sunday 12th May at 11:59pm
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Your role:
We have an exciting opportunity in our Fire Team for a Procurement Business Partner. We are looking for an experienced procurement professional to lead on procurement activity and contract management delivered through a business partnering approach. Reporting to the Senior Procurement Business Partner, you will focus on ensuring high-quality outcomes are delivered for internal stakeholders and customers, ensuring compliant, effective and efficient procurement processes are in place and widely used, and supporting the Senior Procurement Business Partners in the delivery of key, strategic procurement activity across the organisation.
There is a strong focus on collaborating with other fire services and public sector partners. Wide ranging procurement activities include:
- Firefighting equipment
- Specialist fire response vehicles
- Uniform and Personal Protective Equipment
- Scenario training
You’ll work closely with other Procurement Business Partners where Fire requirements overlap with their specialisms, for example in sourcing specialist software. Reporting to Senipr Procurement Business Partner, you'll support driving the Business Improvement plan, ensuring the whole organisation is ready to take full advantage of the Procurement Act 2024.
You'll be expected to influence the direction and scope of the whole team to create better outcomes for the people and businesses of Greater Manchester.
About you:
Provide a proactive, responsive commercial service to GMCA supporting the delivery of key, strategic procurement activity across the organisation, ensuring safe, effective and efficient processes are in place and widely used.
Lead on high-profile, complex procurement projects to ensure projects are delivered on-time and on-budget and according to agreed specifications.
Undertake the negotiation and management of strategic contracts, both capital and revenue and support the contract management arrangements for critical areas of spend.
About us:
As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including; Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); Waste and Resources; Environment; Work and Skills; Research; Public Sector Reform; Police, Crime and Criminal Justice; Homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.
We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, Trans status and Non-binary identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
To find out more about working for us please click here: https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/
Our offer:
In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer that you can find out more about here: GMCA offer - Green book.docx
Mandatory Information:
Employees on the redeployment register will be given priority for any vacancies in the first instance. If employees are identified as a match from the register then the vacancy may be withdrawn or put on hold pending an outcome.
For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licenced sponsor.
Hybrid working
This role is part of GMCA’s hybrid working scheme. As part of our commitment to ‘Build Back Fairer’ in Greater Manchester following the Covid-19 pandemic, we have evolved our management methods by trusting and empowering staff to deliver their work in the best way that suits the business and their individual needs, and supports health and wellbeing. Our hybrid working policy sets out a flexible approach, combining attendance at our [Manchester city centre office / Fire and Rescue service HQ in Swinton / other location] with remote working, typically from home; the location of work is primarily dictated by the needs of the business: ‘Do what is right for you and the business on that day’. If appointed to the role you will work with your manager to agree and regularly review the best working pattern for you, your team and your work.