1 Procurement jobs in Yeovil, Somerset

We are seeking a dedicated and proactive Contracts Manager (Decent Homes). As an integral member of the expanding supply chain and procurement team, you will play a crucial role in defining the future of our specifications, contracts, and tenders. This position offers extensive collaboration opportunities and significant visibility for both you and your contributions. The role and what you take care of:

• This key role supports the Magna standard and E2E asset management by understanding decent homes, regulatory needs, and ensuring proper warranty execution. Known for achieving value for money, the role involves developing partnerships, standardising components and work statements/specifications, challenging stakeholders to meet standards, providing strategic direction, and embedding sustainable asset procurement practices, promoting a right first time, every time culture.
• Develop and maintain Decent Homes Specifications, ensuring uniformity and a standardised approach for comprehensive procurement across Magna.
• Collaborate with Asset Management departments and the Procurement Business Partner to formulate specifications, tender strategies, and draft contracts.
• Provide technical expertise, evaluate tender submissions, and manage relationships with stakeholders, clients, and suppliers.
• A full Job Profile is attached to this advert.
  
  Demonstrable experience in a comparable professional role, including expertise in contract drafting and management, coupled with exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Sound understanding of procurement processes pertinent to public sector organisations, with experience in change projects.
• A good understanding of strategic asset management.
• Comprehensive experience as a procuring manager, encompassing business requirements mapping, specification development, contracts implementation & operation, and sector resource management, while collaborating with senior leaders, networks, and suppliers at national levels.
• Advantageous qualifications include degrees in construction, business administration, or fields related to contract interpretation and comprehension, such as law. Additionally, industry-specific training that typically includes health and safety training.
This post is subject to a Basic Level Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

At Magna, our vision is to create great homes together. We have ambitious plans, and are seeking creative, aspirational, and talented people to join our fast paced, adaptable, and highly collaborative environment., Magna reserves the right to close the vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. We therefore highly recommend that you submit your application early. We're Magna Housing, a customer-centred housing association, mainly working in Dorset and Somerset (our head office is in Dorchester) with a vision to create great homes together. We want to make sure that we constantly add value to the lives of our customers, and our colleagues, and we work hard to deliver this year on year. Our vision of "Creating Great Homes Together" is fundamental to the work we do and we have ambitious plans to be "beyond the best" over the next ten years. Magna prides itself on being large enough to influence but small enough to care. We are on an exciting journey - one that requires agility in how the business develops over the next decade, and different, innovative ways of working as we explore new territory. Inclusion is important to us here at Magna, and inclusion for everyone is our commitment to making long term and deep change to become an organisation known for being inclusive and welcoming for all. We won't achieve our vision, mission or strategy without being inclusive. It is the foundation of how we work, our culture and our values and how we adjust to make sure our customer and colleague experiences are welcoming and relevant. Our successes come through an appreciation of difference - different perspectives, experiences, thoughts, actions and skills. All of which add value and generate innovation. Embracing difference will enable us to get it right, first time, and offer the right homes in the right place for our customers. For further information about Magna, please visit our website by clicking . #teammagna Magna Housing

We pride ourselves on providing an excellent working environment and great benefits. We look after those who work for us as we understand that without the commitment of our colleagues, we would not be able to provide the fantastic range of services to our customers. We offer:
• 25 days holiday (rising to 30 days after 5 years' service)
• Pension matched up to 8%.
• Employee assistance & Health Care Cash Plan.
• Learning and Development.
• Company sick pay
• Wellbeing Portal and Colleague Voice.
• Mileage and Agile working
• Paid day a year to volunteer.
• Rental / Stamp Duty Loan and Credit Union.
• Discounts on entertainment, high street shops and grocery shopping.