Procurement Category Manager

The opportunity

Procurement is a dynamic team that reaches across the entire portfolio of spend within the university.  We are looking for someone with experience in both Public Contract Regulations and Private Sector experience. You will bring an appetite to drive change and innovation, and a desire to support the drive to become a social purpose university. 

About you

Having worked hard to achieve your MCIPS accreditation, or working towards the qualification you’ll want to demonstrate how you can deploy your skills at UAL and enhance the university’s reputation.  You will be responsible for the overall category strategy for Professional Services and Academics, as well as getting experience across the wider categories including Digital & Technology, and Estates.

With your proven procurement experience you can help us to deliver the strategic procurement and supporting our strategy and objectives to be a social purpose university.

If you enjoy developing great stakeholder relationships, delivering value for money and mitigating risk, whilst ensuring a culture of compliance with legislative requirements and UAL’s governance structures and Standing Financial Orders this is the perfect opportunity for you.

A full list of requirements can be found in the person specification section of the job description.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

Our culture

We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to be members of the Race Equality Charter (REC) and Business Disability Forum, are a Disability Confident Scheme Committed and Living Wage employer and maintain our status as a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

Application process

We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Thus, you will need to create an account and submit an application through our job board. As part of this, you will need to provide a supporting statement/answer some competency questions to demonstrate your suitability. Our recruitment process involves: Application, Shortlisting, Interview and Assessment, Offer, Onboarding.

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