Framework Manager

Position: Framework Manager  

Employer: Home Group

Location: One Strawberry Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4BX – Hybrid working on site in Newcastle twice per week

Salary: £42,000 per annum + benefits package

Home Group is a Housing Association with national presence but headquartered in Newcastle and regarded as one of the largest providers of high-quality housing, integrated health and social care for people in the UK

Home Group offers services through three key business areas, Operations, Care and Development whilst supporting 150,000 customers across 55,000 properties with a turnover of £450 million.

Castlefield Recruitment is excited to be partnering with Home Group to recruit a Framework Manager role, which is a newly created position within the established procurement team structure.

As the Framework Manager, you will be passionate about implementing a variety of fit-for-purpose buying solutions across a range of spend areas to provide support to help deliver Home Group’s strategy.

As the Framework Manager you will identify areas of spend where an alternative sourcing solution such as a framework or a dynamic market would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and guidance across procurement projects by shaping strategies and helping with delivery of these projects in a timely manner
• Establish approved supplier pools through market engagement and tendering activity to provide stakeholders with a compliant route to market with suppliers who have been vetted and correctly onboarded
• Provide advice, documentation and attention to detail to ensure that tenders that need to meet PA23 do so
• Analyse Home Groups expenditure, using data that you produce to identify new solutions and identify any issues with contract compliance to review performance
• Support stakeholders with performance management of suppliers where necessary whilst supporting the contract management process
• Conduct supplier due diligence at tender stage and throughout the contract lifecycle, ensuring this information is up to date and can be referred to if/when required
• Ensure your own compliance, whilst championing compliance of operational colleagues to ensure risks are mitigated as best as possible

Requirements

• Public sector procurement experience would be extremely advantageous
• Attention to detail and organisational skills are essential
• Ability to build relationships with stakeholders to help educate operational colleagues on best practice

Benefits

• A top 10 UK Wellbeing employer
• 2 days volunteering, 34 days annual leave (including bank holidays) and a ‘me’ day
• 800 + discounts or cashback on shopping and holidays
• Generous pension scheme and 3x salary life insurance

Home Group is working in partnership with Castlefield Recruitment to source this position.

For further information on applying, contacts for an informal discussion or access to the candidate pack please follow the link below:

https://www.microsite-castlefieldrecruitment.com/home-group/ 

Please note that direct approaches and speculative CV's will be directed to Castlefield Recruitment to be included in the recruitment process.