Commercial & Contracts Manager

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Leeds Beckett University is an inclusive and innovative employer that serves a diverse community of students. We have a strong cultural identity and a living value set that shapes the way that we work and the way that we behave towards each other.

Following an internal promotion, we are looking to recruit a Commercial and Contracts Manager for our Digital Services team - this will cover all aspects of sourcing and vendor management for around £8m of IT category spend.

Ideally, we would like someone who is well versed in the new Procurement regulations and who has experience in procuring IT services and solutions. We are looking for someone who can work across our sector to share and build best practice and someone who is excited by the opportunities presented by, for example, AI in procurement.

There is a small but well-established team already in place that the successful candidate will manage and strong support from our central Procurement Team and the Digital Services leadership.

We offer hybrid working; onsite working is at our spacious and very green Headingley Campus, and there is the opportunity to work at our City campus too. We believe that working for the University gives our staff the chance to genuinely help transform the lives of our students, and we would love to talk to you about this.

Closing date: Tuesday 25 February 2025 (23:59)

Working here means you'll also have access to a wide range of benefits including our generous pension schemes, excellent holiday entitlements, flexible working, reduced study fees, subsidised fitness facilities and a lot more.

We welcome applications from all individuals and particularly from black and global majority candidates as members of these groups are currently under-represented at this level of post. All appointments will be based on merit.