Job Details

Job introduction

Brighton and Hove City Council Procurement Team is seeking two Strategic Procurement Managers to support their Housing and Property and CCIPS (Corporate Contracts, IT&D and Professional Services) category areas, with the ability to support other category areas as the need arises.

Our team works flexibly in a blended home and office setting at Brighton and Hove City Council's offices at Bartholomew House in Brighton and Hove Town Hall in Hove.

Interviews are planned for the week commencing the 4th of July 2022.

For an informal discussion, please contact Cliff Youngman - Head of Procurement on 07701396941.

About the role

The BHCC Procurement Team

The Brighton and Hove Procurement Team provides direct local support to its customers in the Brighton and Hove City Council, providing expertise on tendering activity and contributing to the delivery of service objectives, savings and other benefits including Social Value and Community Wealth Building. The team works closely with Orbis Procurement Colleagues in East Sussex County Council and Surrey County Council, sharing knowledge, expertise and resource to best service customer needs.

The role of Strategic Procurement Manager will require you to operate as a business Partner for one or more directorates.

There are four categories in the Brighton and Hove Procurement Team:

- Health and Social Care
- Corporate Contracts, IT&D and Professional Services
- Housing and Property, and
- City Services and Infrastructure.

The Role

We are seeking a person who:

• Is capable of working in a fast-paced, creative and commercially-minded team;
• Has extensive experience of;
  • Public sector procurement, EU procurement regulations, category management and business partnering,
  • Building and maintaining stakeholder relationships,
  • Leading effective and innovative procurements,
  • Strong acumen in prioritising and resolving complex issues,
  • Awareness and experience of working in a political environment,
  • Delivering value for money and strong commercial outcomes,

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Developing and maintaining a Strategic Procurement Plan for their category;
• Programming and delivering a range of complex tendering and commercial projects within the Strategic Procurement Plan;
• Driving greater value for money from more effective and innovative procurement;
• Liaising with key stakeholders, including heads of service;
• Collaborating with Orbis partners;
• Delivering Social Value and encourage Community Wealth Building;
• Leading, coaching and motivating a small team of procurement professionals.

Working in the Procurement at Brighton brings with it a range of benefits that people in our small team enjoy, including working with a friendly group of colleagues who encourage a flexible workplace and maintaining a work life balance. Our staff work full time, work part time, have kids and don’t have kids. We have passionate gardeners, readers, cyclists and musicians.

Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to upload your CV and answers to some shortlisting questions. Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (CV guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) and Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

Work Permits: We may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) Points-based Immigration System. Please see Gov.uk for more information on the Skilled Worker Visa.

Part office / part home – hybrid -  We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).

Files

• Job Description and Person Specification
• Applicant Cover Letter