Overview
Our Benefits
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About the role
At West Northants Council, it’s about our people and the difference they make. As a Procurement Manager (Housing), you’ll have the opportunity to influence how significant investment is delivered across our housing portfolio, helping to improve homes and services for residents across West Northamptonshire. Working within our Corporate Finance and Procurement team, you’ll play a leading role in shaping commercial strategies, driving value for money and ensuring procurement supports the delivery of our corporate priorities.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation at a time of continued investment and transformation. Supporting our Housing Asset Programme, you’ll have the opportunity to lead high-profile procurements that have a visible impact on local communities.
We recognise the importance of balancing work and home life and offer a range of flexible working arrangements designed to support our colleagues, helping you achieve a positive work-life balance while continuing to develop your career.
What will you be doing?
You’ll provide strategic procurement support across a range of housing asset investment and refurbishment projects, working closely with senior leaders to develop procurement strategies that deliver long-term value and excellent outcomes. From developing commercial approaches and leading tender exercises through to contract award and implementation, you’ll take ownership of the full procurement lifecycle while ensuring compliance with legislation and best practice.
You’ll analyse markets, identify opportunities for innovation and savings, and build strong relationships with stakeholders, suppliers and contractors. Your expertise will help shape major investment programmes and ensure contracts are commercially robust, sustainable and aligned with service priorities.
As an integral member of the team, you’ll also contribute to developing procurement capability across the organisation through mentoring and supporting colleagues, sharing best practice and helping to strengthen commercial awareness and procurement excellence.
About you
You’re an experienced procurement professional with strong commercial awareness, relevant sector experience and a track record of successfully delivering complex procurement projects in a housing, FM or estates-based category. You have experience of successfully delivering housing and asset-based procurement projects and understand how to balance quality, value, risk and service outcomes.
You’re a confident communicator who enjoys building relationships, influencing decision-making and working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders. Whether developing procurement strategies, managing suppliers or supporting colleagues, you bring a proactive and solutions-focused approach to everything you do.
Most importantly, you’ll share our ambition to innovate, improve and deliver excellent services for our communities, reflecting our THRIVE values in everything you do.
About us
We’re a new council, following one of the largest shake-ups in local government
reform in recent history. As a new authority, we’re embarking on an exciting journey
to deliver exceptional services for our residents, customers and
communities.
Our vision at West Northamptonshire Council is ‘to make West Northants a great
place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to
make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance,
Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver
services.
At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with
ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail,
and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A
place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-
minded people.
When potential is unlocked, talent thrives.
Choose a career that offers you a true sense of achievement, fills you with pride and
challenges you in a positive way, every day.
West Northants Council, where careers thrive.
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