Role: Spend Control Manager

Location: Leeds or London (1 day/week on site)

IR35: Inside

Rate: £305.2/day (Umbrella) MAX

Duration: 3 months

Works within the Procurement Spend Controls team as part of the Commercial Governance and Assurance team, working nationally and responsible for supporting in collating procurement pipelines and onward business case submissions to Cabinet Office organisations.

As the Spend Controls Senior Manager, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team within Commercial liaising with colleagues and external stakeholders to provide an effective assurance service for high value business cases.

Minimum Requirement:

• Must have good Procurement Exp and CIPS
• NHS background - Desirable (Public Sector - Essential)
• Collaborative/Worked with Senior Stakeholders/Need to use
• Self-starter
• Need to use initiative.
• Need good engagement skills.
• Being able to communicate sensitive info in a political landscape.
• Need someone to be sympathetic - Instil confidence in the team.
• initiative as whilst there are processes in place they are fairly new and they need someone to take the lead/use initiative

The post holder will be responsible for:

• Working with key stakeholders to understand and plan their procurement pipeline
• Leading commercial reviews ensuring value for money, social value and compliance with procurement standards & regulations.
• Providing feedback to key stakeholders.
• Outlining and monitoring of conditions which have been attached to approval processes.

Key Functional Responsibilities

Operational:

To oversee team members to deliver requirements listed above and engage and liaise with key stakeholders, in particular;

• To support the delivery of day to day activities, projects and programmes
• To drive delivery of a range of business initiatives and projects
• To operate in a highly political and sensitive environment
• Support the portfolio of initiatives in demonstrating value for money for the current spend
• To monitor, interpret and quality assure procurement pipeline progress against deliverables to that often require adjustments specifically in relation to the complex corporate business agenda, strategic objectives and the business planning process
• To develop business plans and provide expert strategic and policy advice and guidance on all areas of the National Director's portfolio

Project Management:

• Support the team in the delivery of project plans, allocating tasks as appropriate, identifying risks, issues and dependencies, considering best practice and current options and ultimately making decisions in the best interest of the project.
• Pro-actively manage stakeholders, respond to and resolve conflict when this arises through facilitation or other appropriate mechanisms.
• Be responsible for a high standard of work supporting the delivery of projects on time, to quality standards and in a cost-effective manner.
• Maintain the project initiation document and associated plans with regular team meetings to monitor progress and resources.
• Demonstrate effective stakeholder management.
• Support other project managers as and when required.
• Take into account the impact of any change the projects will have on the business and oversee handover of any products to ensure full ownership and buy-in within the business Advocate the projects at senior and executive levels and ensure active engagement and sponsorship within the organisation as a whole.
• Ensure that the projects maintain business focus, have clear authority and that the context, including risks, is actively managed in alignment with the strategic priorities.
• Financial and Physical Resources
• Act in a way that is compliant with Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions in the discharge of budget management responsibilities, monitor expenditure on a regular basis.
• Budget holder for assigned function/team, budget setting with the Head of Department. Responsible for ongoing monitoring of expenditure against budget and ensuring the appropriate documentation is available for scrutiny.
• Identify products, equipment, services and facilities for assigned activities, achieving stakeholder buy-in as required. Placing orders and signing invoices.

To apply for this role please submit your latest CV or contact Aspect Resources