Framework & Performance Manager

Team: Procurement (Finance Directorate)
Job Family: Enabling (M) – CBG13
Salary: £51,471 - £55,585 per anum
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per week.
Contract Type: Hybrid – Permanent
Closing Date: 4th December 2025
Interview Date: 10th December 2025

About the Role

The Procurement Team provides a strategic and professional service that ensures the Council achieves value for money in sourcing third-party goods, works and services. The team also manages procurement risks, drives best practice, and ensures compliance with the Council’s Constitution and procurement regulations.

We are recruiting a Framework and Performance Manager to lead the strategic management and optimisation of the Council’s and EHA’s procurement frameworks. In this role, you will also act as a strategic owner of the Council’s e-sourcing and contract management systems, and reporting platforms, ensuring compliance, transparency, and efficiency across all procurement activity.

You will act as a key adviser to senior managers, supporting decision-making through robust spend analysis, performance monitoring, and governance oversight. You will also drive improvements in procurement systems, policy, and reporting processes to support long-term strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic management, development, and optimisation of procurement frameworks.
• Act as the Council’s lead contact with framework providers, managing relationships and negotiating terms.
• Ensure procurement policies, procedures, and guidance are maintained, updated, and embedded across the organisation.
• Act as strategic owner of procurement systems such as e-tendering, and contract management systems.
• Analyse spend and procurement data to identify opportunities for savings, compliance, and service improvement.
• Develop, monitor, and report on procurement KPIs and statutory reporting obligations.
• Provide guidance, training, and support to staff on framework use, compliance, and best practice.
• Lead digital procurement transformation initiatives and system upgrades.

About You

• Educated to degree level with a CIPS Level 4 qualification and seeking to progress to Level 5.
• Substantial experience in procurement within a complex organisation, preferably local government.
• Knowledge of procurement legislation including the Procurement Act 2023, PCR 2015, and the PSR.
• Proven experience in managing frameworks, systems, and procurement data to deliver compliance and efficiency.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to translate complex information into actionable insights.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to influence senior stakeholders and provide clear guidance.
• Experience of leading projects, managing competing priorities, and delivering against statutory and corporate deadlines.