# Senior Procurement Manager

Contract to start ASAP until 12-02-27 with a possible extension. Full job description Senior Procurement Manager - Cheshire West and Chester Council Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week) Contract: Temporary interim contract from 16 November 2026 to 12 February 2027 Lead Strategic Procurement and Commercial Delivery Across Council Services We're recruiting an experienced Senior Procurement Manager to join Cheshire West and Chester Council, based at The Portal, CH65 0BE. This is a senior procurement and commercial role responsible for leading complex procurement activity, developing sourcing strategies, managing high-value tenders and supporting effective contract and supplier management across Council services. You'll work closely with senior stakeholders, service leads, legal colleagues, finance teams and suppliers to ensure procurement activity delivers value for money, complies with relevant regulations and supports the Council's strategic priorities. About the Role As Senior Procurement Manager, you'll provide strategic procurement leadership across a portfolio of complex and high-value projects. You'll lead procurement planning, market engagement, tendering and evaluation activi

- **Id**: 3984383
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/iwork-recruitment-senior-procurement-manager>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Ellesmere Port, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T21:05:13Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T13:30:02Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6024
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Supply Chain, Public Finance

## Company

- **Id**: 4422609
- **Name**: iWork Recruitment
- **Domain**: iworkrecruitment.uk
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/iworkrecruitment>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Manatal

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T21:05:13Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 54
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.542
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 12
- **Reasons**: conf:4, agency, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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