As a Category Procurement Manager, you will focus on procurement strategies for Battery Energy Storage Systems in the EMEA region, ensuring timely and quality project deliveries.
About the role
- Procurement and Contract Manager leading procurement and contract management activities in the public sector. Collaborating across teams to ensure compliance and optimized supplier performance.
Responsibilities
- Support the Senior Procurement Managers within the team ensuring that they have all the tools to successfully deliver the high-value, complex procurements.
- Plan, manage, and execute procurement activities for contracts with a value beneath the Utilities Contracts Regulations threshold.
- Oversee and deliver a wide range of contract and procurement support functions, including contract extensions, variations, Statements of Work (SoWs), contract change control, and confidentiality agreements (NDAs).
- Act as a champion for procurement best practice across the organisation.
- Advise project leads, contract owners, and wider operational teams on their obligations under RDG’s internal procurement policies and the wider regulatory framework.
- Support the contract owners with the delivery of effective contract management, including the definition of key performance indicators (KPIs), service level agreements (SLAs), and regular supplier performance monitoring.
- Take ownership or provide support on mid-value procurement exercises.
- Maintain full adherence to RDG’s internal procurement procedures, governance checkpoints, and audit requirements.
- This role is not category specific and will require the successful candidate to be flexible and adaptable across multiple categories.
Requirements
- MCIPS qualified or working towards qualification
- A minimum of five years’ experience in a Procurement Role within the Public Sector.
- In-depth knowledge of the Procurement Act 2023 and UCR2016 Public Contracts Regulations and associated statutory guidance.
- Understanding of the thresholds, procedures, and transparency requirements applicable to public sector procurements.
- Ability to ensure full compliance with legal, regulatory, and audit requirements throughout the procurement lifecycle.
- Experienced in providing support to Senior Procurement colleagues including but not limited to publishing Public Contracts Notices via e-Sourcing tools and/or Find a Tender Service (FTS), conducting Conflict of Interest Assessments, arranging site visits and demonstrations, supporting the collation of all procurement documentation etc
- Experience, planning and running below UCR threshold competitive tender exercises.
- Competence in drafting and finalising tender documentation (e.g. RfP, RfQ, specifications, award criteria, evaluation methodology etc).
- Strong working knowledge of UK contract law as it applies to public sector procurement.
- Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contract terms and conditions.
- Ability to assess commercial risk and apply appropriate mitigation strategies.
- Competent in delivering contract management, KPIs, and SLAs etc.
- Ability to lead performance reviews, manage contract changes, and ensure continuous improvement.
- Understanding of supplier relationship management and dispute resolution processes.
- Skilled in engaging cross-functional stakeholders, including legal, finance, project teams, and senior leadership.
- Ability to provide clear, practical procurement advice tailored to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Able to use Microsoft Office products proficiently, in particular MS Word and Excel.
Benefits
- 30 days annual leave
- 75% reduction on UK rail travel (for work and leisure) - more below
- Reduced international rail travel
- Interest free season ticket loan
- Contributory defined benefit pension scheme
- Give As You Earn scheme
- Subsidised private medical care
- Healthcare cash plan scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme scheme
- Flexible working
- 30 weeks full pay for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (subject to eligibility)
- Personal Development Days
- Employees may sell up to a maximum of five days’ leave. Employees can buy up to a maximum of five days’ leave. These figures will be pro rata for part-time employees
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