Commercial Manager/Partner - Procurement

Commercial Manager/Business Partner Contract: 10 Month contract (Chance of extention) Salary: Grade 8b/d (Salary c.£60,000 to £90,000 dependent on experience) Location: Hybrid - Flexible working across a number of UK office locations We are working on behalf of a central government function to recruit experienced procurement professionals with a background in public sector procurement. The roles will be focused on working with stakeholders to identify how services to the organisation can be procured and implemented across a variety of complex services and clinical category projects. These roles offer some fantastic opportunities to work on complex commercial agreements with leading edge products and services, and to expand and develop your contractual and procurement skills. Responsibilities: Identifying requirement of the project with internal stateholders. Assessing most appropriate products, suppliers and procurement processes to be used to secure goods and services for the organisation. Working with procurement teams to engage with suppliers and manage relationships, internally and externally. Creatively assessing ways of delivering procurement projects within public sector procurement directives.Requirements: Knowledge and experience of public sector procurement. Experience of complex procurement contracts and categories. Solid, experienced procurement professional, who is self sufficient and a self starter. Highly commercially aware, and able to identify alternative sources and approaches towards delivering a service. For more information please contact Adrian Harrison (Principal Consultant - Procurement Recruitment). Grafton Recruitment are part of the €3.5bn GI Recruitment Group, and we have specialisms in HR, sales & marketing, and procurement & supply chain. Should you require any support or assistance, please contact your local Grafton office. Grafton is part of Gi Group Holdings Recruitment Limited and we are proud founding members of Menopause in business, pledge members for Nuerodiversity in business, Disability committed members, Silver status pledge members for the Armed Forces Covenant, and Bronze trail blazers for Racial Equality matters. Gi Group Holdings Recruitment Limited group of companies includes Gi Recruitment Limited, Draefern Limited, Gi Group Recruitment Ltd, INTOO (UK) Limited, Marks Sattin (UK) Limited, TACK TMI UK Limited, Grafton Professional Staffing Limited, Encore Personnel Services, Gi Group Ireland Limited and Kelly Services (UK) Ltd. Gi Group Ireland Limited are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this role. We are committed to protecting the privacy of all of our candidates and clients. If you choose to apply, your information will be processed in accordance with the Gi Group Privacy Statement. To view a copy and to help you understand how we collect, use and process your personal data, please visit the Privacy page on the Grafton website