Procurement Operations Manager

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CIPS 4 or above essentialThis is an exciting role working for a highly successful healthcare company in Reading. Your role will be to ensure the profitability and quality of the outsourced contract and ensure contract renewals are managed efficiently. Our client is looking for an experienced manager how builds excellent stakeholder relationships and can drive collaborative change.

As the Procurement Operations Manager your tasks will be:

Lead UK procurement of external service contracts and service parts for the business, including biomedical and endoscopy equipment.
Support the Head of Procurement and Supply Chain to develop long-term supplier management strategies that balance the Group's drive to insource maintenance whilst securing value for money from OEMs.
Support Head of Procurement and Supply Chain with capital procurement projects when required.
Deploy good decision process and techniques to optimise profit and value and balance the risk from the external spend.
Work closely with stakeholders to ensure procurement from external suppliers is profitable, resilient, sustainable and safe.
Deliver quarterly reporting on category spend, profitability comparison and team savings.
Support company bids and pricing exercises from a procurement perspective.
Collaborate across Ergéa business areas to develop, implement and drive procurement and supply chain strategies for assigned projects.
Develop and maintain key supplier framework agreements.
Develop and manage clear, deliverable SLAs with our internal customers.
Embed a culture of quality and continuous improvement within your team.
Support the Head of Procurement to deliver the operations 3-year plan.
Responsible for the management of a team (presently six).
Budget of circa £8m for responsible categories.The person:

Minimum CIPS level 4
Strong procurement background within an integrated supply chain, including service and material management. Ideally at least 5 years' experience.
Experience in Cost Management, SRM and Performance Improvement.
Proven ability to work successfully in a fast-paced multi-disciplinary environment.
Experience of negotiating and monitoring service contracts.
Numerical, analytical & logical mind.
Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
Attention to detail.
Intermediate Excel.
Knowledge of biomedical and or endoscopy devices is desirableBenefits:

25 days annual leave + bank holidays
After successfully completing 6-month probation period, enrolment into Death in Service scheme (4 x salary)
Pension (enrolment after 3 months of employment)
Perkbox - discounts/offers with various popular brands
Cycle to work scheme (after 3 months of employment)
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