Are you an experienced Procurement professional with public sector experience looking for your next management role?

Do you want to make a real difference to the education sector?

Then we have an exciting role for you working within a growing charity organisation!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Procurement Manager to join our expanding team and organisation. We are committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and are interested in you as an individual. We are looking for a highly organised professional with a positive attitude, dedicated to achieving excellence in public sector procurement.

Who are we?

Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) is a not-for-profit purchasing consortium that produces compliant purchasing frameworks and provides specialist advice on spending practices and value for money. Our longstanding history and dedication have earned CPC a reputation for excellence, supporting public sector organisations with a combined non-pay spend of £441m throughout the 2023/24 financial year.

What’s the role?

The role is offered as a full-time position (part-time applicants are also welcome to apply).

You will be responsible for providing a proactive and comprehensive service, advising on all aspects of procurement. You will take full management responsibility for client accounts, including the timeliness and quality of procurement exercises, conducting exercises personally where appropriate. Working with procurement teams, you will set priorities, support, and lead the process for procuring contracts across various categories, projects, and services for clients. You will support the development and delivery of the company's strategic procurement programme.

This role will contribute to embedding best practices, efficiency, and effectiveness within procurement processes and decisions, ensuring compliance with current PCRs and future UK legal obligations. You will assist the company in achieving value for money and savings targets for our clients and support the team in delivering outstanding procurement services.

You will be responsible for the operational and strategic management of the Procurement team assigned to you. You will lead a high-performing, engaged team to deliver procurement strategic objectives while balancing value delivery for our customers with company commercial interests.

The role is predominantly home-based but will require some travel to visit clients within the region as needed.

What makes us different?

We are an award-winning organisation recognized and certified as a "Great place to work". We offer a collaborative, exciting environment where your ideas are valued. We provide competitive salaries, benefits, and opportunities for career development. We are making a real difference, and you can be part of it! We are constantly growing and evolving, always seeking passionate individuals who share our vision.

Person Specification

We are looking for someone with extensive procurement experience within the public or education sector and strong knowledge of the Public Sector Procurement Act 2023. The candidate should be confident in managing a team and qualified to ILM level 3 or willing to work towards this qualification.

In return, we offer:

• Salary up to £53,000 FTE per annum depending on experience.
• Generous yearly discretionary bonuses following successful probation.
• Hybrid working with visits to clients onsite when required.
• Access to a local government pension scheme with death-in-service and ill health benefits.
• Opportunities for development through our in-house programmes and external training, with support for achieving MCIPS.
• 38 days holiday (including additional days for Christmas and bank holidays).
• Time off for volunteering.
• Enhanced leave packages including paid sickness, carers leave, bereavement, compassionate leave, and maternity pay.
• Support for wellbeing with access to mental health first aiders and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Participation in working groups like Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Wellbeing, and Sustainability.
• Support networks for women, men, and carers to share experiences.
• Social and employee events throughout the year.
• A community-focused 'giving back' programme.
• Travel expenses paid for additional travel outside of contracted work location.

Next Steps

The deadline to apply is Sunday, 31st August 2025.

Successful candidates will be invited for an interview via Teams with our hiring managers. Apply promptly as we may close vacancies early if we receive many applications. Please click the link below for the detailed job description:

https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/docs/procurement-manager-jdpdf

Note: VISA sponsorship is not available for this role.

We are a disability confident employer. If you require adjustments or accessible formats during the application process, please contact us at peopledevelopment@thecpc.ac.uk.

As an equal opportunities employer, Crescent Purchasing Consortium is committed to diversity and inclusion, encouraging applications from all backgrounds to join us.