Role Purpose:
As a Procurement Manager at PML Group Ltd, you will support a diverse portfolio of clients by delivering high-quality, compliant and value-driven procurement solutions.
Operating as a trusted advisor, you will lead and support procurement activity across multiple organisations, working in partnership with clients to understand their challenges and deliver tailored, sustainable solutions.
Alongside client delivery, you will lead and develop a small team, ensuring high standards of performance, continuous development, and alignment to PML’s values.
A key focus of the role is the application of the Procurement Act 2023, alongside supporting the mobilisation of contracts, ensuring a smooth transition from procurement into operational delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic
- Design and implement procurement strategies aligned to client objectives, balancing quality, cost, risk and long-term value
- Apply expert knowledge of the Procurement Act 2023, ensuring compliant, transparent and best practice approaches
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, providing strategic procurement, commercial and contractual guidance
- Provide market insight and supply chain intelligence to inform decision-making and drive innovation
- Embed sustainable procurement and social value principles into all activity
- Build strong, partnership-led relationships with clients, suppliers and stakeholders
Delivery
- Lead end-to-end procurement exercises including market engagement, tendering, evaluation, negotiation and contract award
- Support and lead contract mobilisation, ensuring smooth transition from award to operational delivery
- Develop procurement documentation, reports and recommendations for governance and approval
- Facilitate evaluation panels, workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions
- Monitor delivery against milestones, budgets and outcomes, taking corrective action where required
- Ensure all procurement activity is auditable, compliant and aligned to client governance
People
- Lead, manage and develop a small team of procurement professionals
- Allocate resources effectively across multiple client projects
- Provide coaching, mentoring and performance support to drive high standards
- Foster a collaborative, high-performing team culture aligned to the values of PML Group Ltd
- Contribute to the development of procurement tools, templates and best practice
- Support knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across the wider consultancy
Qualifications & Experience
- MCIPS qualified (essential)
- Strong working knowledge and practical application of the Procurement Act 2023 and PCR 2015
- Proven experience delivering complex procurement projects independently
- Experience leading or managing a small team
- Experience supporting or leading contract mobilisation
- Consultancy or multi-client environment experience (desirable)
- Experience within social housing or regulated sectors (desirable)
Skills & Abilities
- Strong commercial acumen, with advanced negotiation skills and the ability to develop pricing models, cost structures and value-driven solutions
- Ability to design and deliver strategic sourcing approaches across the full procurement lifecycle, achieving both cashable and non-cashable benefits
- Sound knowledge of contract law, terms and conditions, and experience managing contractual risk and dispute resolution
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to engage and challenge at senior levels
- Ability to build credible, trust-based relationships quickly across multiple client environments
- Excellent project management capability, with experience managing multiple complex procurements simultaneously and delivering to tight deadlines
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data, assess options and make informed decisions
- High attention to detail, with the ability to produce accurate, compliant and high-quality documentation
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including report writing, tender documentation and presentations
- Proficient in eProcurement systems and tools, with good working knowledge of procurement portals (e.g. Mercell, In-Tend, Delta)
- Highly organised and self-motivated, with the ability to work independently in a remote, consultancy environment
- Adaptable and resilient, with the ability to respond to changing client priorities and deliver solutions in complex environments
Success Measures
- Delivery of compliant, high-quality procurement outcomes
- Effective mobilisation of contracts
- Positive client feedback and repeat business
- Strong team performance and development
- Demonstrable value for money and service improvement
Our Values in Action
At PML Group Ltd, we work in partnership, act with integrity, take responsibility, and strive for excellence. We are committed to high ethical standards and believe people perform at their best when they enjoy what they do.
