Senior Commissioning Manager

Senior Commissioning Manager Vacancy with Birmingham City Council

Are you an experienced IT category manager, looking for your next role? Are you looking for a position that will give you autonomy and variety in terms of procurement activities, as well at the opportunity to mentor junior team members?

Hays Procurement are delighted to be partnering exclusively with Birmingham City Council to recruit for a Senior Commissiong Manager on a permanent basis, as part of a large-scale recruitment campaign. This role will sit within the IT and Data category and will support the Lead Commissioning Manager in commissioning services across the digital, data and technology categories. This role will give the incumbent candidate the opportunity to manage the full procurement lifecycle across areas such as hardware, software, networking and infrastructure, as well as support and coach team members who are responsible for any below threshold tender processes.

This permanent vacancy comes with a salary of between £40,221 and £48,474 per annum (dependent on skills and experience), 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, hybrid working pattern and a generous pension scheme.

About Birmingham City Council

This is an exciting time to be joining Birmingham City Council, Europe's largest local authority, and specifically supporting the digital and technology categories. The Council are embarking on a transformative journey towards establishing themselves as a truly data-driven organisation. With unprecedented investment in people and technology, a solid strategy, empowering leadership and a newly redesigned service to get behind, they are building services centred on the needs of our citizens, business and communities that will deliver on Birmingham's bold ambitions for the city of today and tomorrow.

The Digital and IT commissioning team are part of and work closely within the multidisciplinary Digital and Technology Services (DTS) directorate, contributing to the transformation of public services for the UK's second largest city. The team work across a multitude of areas, including hardware, software, infrastructure, networking, telephony, development, data and cyber security, and are key to delivering procurements within our major programmes and projects, to deliver essential services across Birmingham to over 1.2m citizens.

The Council are embracing and promoting a truly digital, human centred approach for the whole organisation, underpinned by collaboration, openness and innovation. The council takes advantage of unparalleled access to data, doing things at scale and new ways of using technology as an enabler to re-imagine the way services are delivered and build the digital council of the future. This bodes well for the procurement side of things, promising a dynamic and exciting environment for the right candidate.

Job Purpose

You will be delivering a range of procurements, all above threshold, across digital and technology categories, taking responsibility for the full procurement life cycle. You will have significant stakeholder exposure, providing presentations of tender opportunities, procurement activity reports and regular engagement to understand requirements to achieve the best outcomes for the Council. This role will also include some strategic elements, as you will be expected to develop analysis that contributes to the development of procurement strategy, review policy and identify any opportunities for improvement to maintain and improve services. While this role doesn't have direct line management responsibility, you will be mentoring and supporting junior teammates.

This role would suit candidates from an IT category management background, ideally with or within the public sector, who have managed full cradle to grave procurement processes. If you are looking for a dynamic role, with lots of exposure to a variety of different contracts across IT, then this role is for you.

Key attributes for this role

• Technical knowledge and experience; Demonstrable IT category and commercial knowledge and experience, with a proven record of accomplishment in delivering IT procurement. Knowledge of procurement and commissioning management, as well as policy development and monitoring.
• Public Sector exposure; Experience in working within Public Sector and/or Local Authority including experience of defined Public Sector routes to markets.
• Regulatory understanding; Significant knowledge of Public Sector business processes and governance e.g., procurement planning, commissioning and reporting.
• Interpersonal skills: Significant communication, influencing and negotiation skills, with proven ability to build credibility with senior managers, partners, internal and external stakeholders.
• Qualifications: CIPS or MCIPS qualifications are desirable or equivalent experience.

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