Procurement Systems Manager

# Procurement Systems Manager## Job Introduction
** We are Forestry England.
**** We live and breathe forests.
**** Job title - Procurement Systems Manager
**** Salary - £40,388 **- £43,482
****** Contract type - Permanent
**** Hours - 37 hours per week
****** Final date to receive applications - 23rd March 2026 23:58
**** Join us. We're foresters, professionals and experts. We are a passionate team who love to share our enthusiasm and want to make a positive difference for you and the environment.

Together, we’re using our scale and expertise to grow the nation’s forests for everyone. We’re already adapting our landscapes for tomorrow, and getting stuff done today, like creating amazing places and experiences for you to enjoy. We're providing vital homes for wildlife, making our air cleaner to breathe and producing sustainable timber**.
**** What you’ll do...
** As Procurement Systems Manager, you’ll play a key role in shaping how Forestry England and the wider Forestry Commission manage low‐value purchasing. You’ll lead the Tail‐End Spend category, ensuring it delivers strong commercial outcomes through effective supplier management, robust compliance and ongoing performance improvement. Working closely with colleagues across the organisation, you’ll be the main commercial point of contact for our procurement systems.

You’ll ensure the solutions in place are working well for our users, continuously improving how we buy, and helping teams get the best possible value from every pound spent.

The role also includes line management responsibility for a Business Support Officer. You’ll support their development, provide clear direction and ensure the smooth and effective delivery of day‐to‐day category activities.

Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.

Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.
** Where you’ll work...
** You'll be based at our National Office, Bristol with flexibility for blended working.
** Benefits...
** Alongside your salary, Forestry England contributes an average of 28.97% towards your pension. You will become a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit
* 25 days holiday a year, raising by one day every year’s service, up to 30 days (pro-rated for part time employees) plus additional days off such as bank holidays.
* STaR is our employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday supermarket shopping, as well as other things such as hotel stays clothes, mobile phones, other electrical items, medical and car insurance, holidays, gym discounts, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app.
* free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury.
* a commitment to lifelong learning through career development. Forestry England will support your career development in a variety of ways, including continual professional development, support for individual learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.

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* How to apply

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** You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form. You will be assessed on experience and behaviours based questions during your interview.

The  being assessed at interview are –
* Changing and Improving
* Delivering at Pace
* Working Together
* Communicating and Influencing Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government check.

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