Senior Procurement Manager in Auckland

The Senior Procurement Manager is the primary advisor/matter expert and the business partner to a specified business unit(s) for procurement & commercial activities. The role is responsible for a varied range of goods and services for an organisation and its subsidiary companies.

The role is focused on procurement & commercial activity where the whole of contract life is greater than £50,000 (key contracts/major procurement), and also provides advice to business units where the whole of contract life is under £50,000 and/or represents a high risk.

The role plans and delivers best practice planning, sourcing & managing to optimise the performance of procurement & commercial activities across the organisation. 

Responsibilities include:

• Planning Procurement Activities - such as ownership of the sourcing strategies and vendor pipeline for the procurement of goods and services within a specified portfolio(s)
• Leading end-to-end vendor selection for major procurement activities to achieve commercial value
• Lead negotiation and concluding of contracts for major procurement activities in coordination with legal, contract owner(s), SMEs and other stakeholders
• Effective stakeholder engagement for major procurement activities across the business unit(s) including management of steering, working, and subject matter working groups 
• Contract management for supplier agreements for relationships where the Commercial & Procurement function is the contract owner

About you:

• Strong technical procurement experience (5-10 years), leading or supporting procurement and contract management
• Sound understanding of risk management in a procurement context e.g. H&S
• A sound understanding of accounting principles and financial analysis
• Advanced experience in the provision of procurement advice to stakeholders, analysing issues and evaluating options and managing diverse internal and external relationships and building and managing effective project teams
• Relevant professional qualifications (desirable), such as: qualification in a commercial discipline. CIPS (or equivalent) or study towards CIPS (or equivalent) qualification.

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