Job Title: Procurement Services Manager Start Date: ASAP End Date: 31st August 2026 Hours: 37 hours per week (Full Time) Location: Cambridge or Chelmsford campus Hourly Rate: £20.10 per hour Job Purpose: To work closely with all Faculties and Professional Services across campuses, to provide appropriate guidance to enable successful procurement, analysing procurement needs, preparing procurement plans, establishing stakeholder service standards, benchmarking, monitoring supplier performance, tendering and contract review. Principal Accountabilities: Work within a small team to provide customer-focused professional procurement service to our stakeholders. Communicate and achieve customer buy-in to our procurement strategy. Advise and provide guidance on complex procurement matters in accordance with our established procedures and regulations. Create tender and other procurement specifications including Frameworks. Lead and/or facilitate cross functional teams in targeted reviews to improve procurement practices. Develop mechanisms to monitor and improve the performance of suppliers. Evaluate supplier responses, arrange supplier presentations and related administration in conjunction with the Head and Deputy Head of Procurement. Responsible for writing and ensuring Terms and Conditions are completed and signed after Procurement exercises have been completed. Monitor performance of existing contracts by arranging contract reviews and reviewing Key Performance Indicators. ..... full job details .....