Manager / Senior Manager, Procurement Operations

Requirements

• The Division's aspiration is to be a trusted, client-centric procurement partner that enables research and corporate missions.
• You are the single accountable officer your clients turn to for procurement advice, and you are expected to exercise sound commercial judgement, not merely administer process.
• Job Responsibilities: End-to-end procurement execution — manage SVP, ITQ and ITT processes within your client portfolio, ensuring each exercise is completed on time, within governance, and with defensible documentation.
• Client engagement & advisory — understand your clients' research or corporate missions, demand patterns and urgency profiles; engage early to shape requirements and recommend fit-for-purpose procurement approaches.
• Policy application with judgement — interpret and operationalise the procurement manual, advising requestors on the right balance between public accountability, value-for-money and operational efficiency.
• Governance & audit readiness — maintain complete, accurate procurement records in A*ERP (Ariba); support audit reviews; flag risks and non-compliance early; contribute to continuous improvement of governance practices.
• Demand intelligence & aggregation — identify opportunities for demand consolidation, panel utilisation and framework agreements across your portfolio, working with Category Leads where established.
• AI-assisted workflows — leverage governed AI tools (e.g.