Your role: An exciting opportunity is available in our Commercial Services Team for a Senior Procurement Business Partner. We are seeking an experienced procurement professional to deliver a proactive and responsive commercial service to GMCA, using a business partnering approach. The selected candidate will help drive key strategic procurement activities across the Education, Work & Skills, and Economy directorates, ensuring that safe, effective, and efficient processes are established and consistently applied.
About you: The ideal candidate is enthusiastic and self-motivated, capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously. They bring significant procurement experience and a proactive approach to developing solutions and exploring alternatives. Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential, as you will collaborate effectively with various individuals and teams at all levels.
About us:
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) brings together the cityregion’s ten councils and key partners including Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) and Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) - to deliver the Greater Manchester Strategy. Our shared vision is to create a thriving city region where everyone can live a good life. We work to grow an inclusive economy and ensure people have what they need to live happy, healthy lives, tackling inequalities. Our policy department include Digital, Economy, Education, Work & Skills, Environment, Place Making, Public Service Reform, and Safer & Stronger Communities - who are supported by our essential corporate functions like Finance, Legal & Governance, People Services, Procurement and Communications.
We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, Trans status and Non-binary identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
To find out more about working for us please click here: https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/
Our offer:
In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer that you can find out more about here:
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