What's involved with this role: Interim Procurement And Contract Category Manager Reference no: NE Lincolnshire 5265484 Pay Rate: £237.32 per day PAYE 30 Monday – Friday, TBC This opening assignment is for 3-4 months City: Grimsby Remote working You will work remotely within the Council’s Place and Resources Transformation Unit, delivering high-quality, cost-effective procurement and contract management support for facilities management and highways services. Your role will ensure value for money by adhering to internal procedures, financial regulations, and procurement strategies. You will lead procurement activities, providing strategic direction and ensuring compliance with Public Contract Regulations. Additionally, you will offer expert advice to service areas, managing legal and commercial aspects of procurement and contract decisions. Key duties: Provide expert procurement and contract management advice to specific business areas, ensuring compliance with council policies and relevant legislation. Develop and maintain strong relationships with business units, promoting best practices in procurement and contract management across the organization. Work with the Transformation Unit to provide specialist advice on market trends, provider engagement, and procurement options throughout projects. Lead and support high-value, complex, or transformational procurements in collaboration with service leads and other stakeholders. Assist in the development of procurement specifications, evaluate tenders, and support contract managers to ensure contracts meet performance targets and stay within budget. Key requirements: Minimum level 6 CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply and a minimum of 3 years Public Sector experience. Market knowledge and awareness of intelligence tools and techniques (e.g., market/product segmentation, portfolio analysis, cost modelling etc Specialist knowledge and understanding of current best procurement practices and technology including competitive tendering, electronic reverse auctions Knowledge of the latest purchasing techniques and legislative requirements Knowledge of electronic tendering systems Knowledge/experience of managing a portfolio of strategic and large value contracts Experience of managing a tender process and/ or contract negotiation Contract management experience and monitoring of key performance indicators Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application should be clearly shown in your CV. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. ALD Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please.