Procurement/Tendering Manager

An opportunity has arisen in North Hampshire for a procurement/tender management specialist with full experience of the public sector tendering process. You will be joining a global business and supporting clients in the health and education sectors to manage a best-in-class supplier tender/RFQ process. working closely with the Client Account Manager and providing a professional and transparent service that delivers against client objectives and business growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Understanding and evaluating the impact of "no-bids" on the tender process and agreeing strategies to ensure the tender process remains impartial and robust.
• Ensuring that any winning supplier tenders/bids are competitive by comparing proposals against existing supplier prices.
• Developing and agreeing an integrated, project plan and risk register.
• Working closely with key stakeholders to clearly define and clarify the client's requirements/objectives, agreeing the supplier tender submission specification, evaluation criteria and submission method using the company's online tender submission portal.
• Proactively engaging with a diverse range of suppliers, facilitating pre-tender supplier engagement sessions, ensuring the client's requirements and expectations are made clear so that supplier tender submissions are compelling and of high quality and delivered in accordance with the project plan.
• Coordinating the supplier tender submissions process, ensuring submissions are acknowledged and appropriately managed within agreed systems and timescales.
• Ensuring compliance of the supplier tender/RFQ process with relevant legal and statutory requirements for example UK Procurement Law.
• Evaluating tender submissions to ensure responses are market competitive and meeting client objectives and aims.
• Liaising with the E-procurement team to ensure that the successful supplier is able to provide electronic invoice line data in the correct format and timelines.
• Analysing and interpreting the results of tender outcomes.
• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders including sales, procurement, e-Billing and PI to ensure a smooth contract mobilisation.

About You

• Private and Public Tender expertise and processes
• Strong commercial and financial acumen
• Demonstrable influencing and negotiating skills
• Project management in a fast-paced environment
• Attention to detail, analytical and process driven with strong Excel and facilitation skills
• Customer focused with the ability to interpret and translate complex information
• Strong written and presentation skills

This is a hybrid role and the team go into the office 3 days a week (near Fleet, just off the M3).

Salary c£40k pa.

For further information please apply now.