Senior Procurement Officer

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and proactive procurement professional to join a Strategic Procurement and Commissioning team.

This role offers the chance to play a key part in supporting procurement activity across a large and complex organisation, ensuring compliance with procurement regulations while delivering value for money and driving best practice. The successful candidate will work closely with stakeholders across a range of services, leading procurement exercises, providing expert advice and helping to shape strategic procurement activity.

Key Responsibilities

As Senior Procurement Officer, you will:

Provide procurement support, advice and guidance to internal stakeholders, ensuring compliance with Standing Orders and relevant legislation.

Lead and deliver a range of procurement projects from inception through to contract award.

Support and guide colleagues through formal tendering exercises and procurement processes.

Promote value for money across all procurement activity and challenge areas of non-compliance.

Drive and promote local procurement initiatives to maximise local economic impact.

Issue contract notices and maintain procurement statistics and records.

Support the management, administration and training of the organisation's e-tendering portal.

Advise on category management strategies and procurement best practice.

Promote the use of appropriate procurement routes, including framework agreements and collaborative procurement.

Work collaboratively with internal departments and external partners to enhance procurement outcomes and ensure regulatory compliance.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

A degree-level qualification relevant to procurement, business or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

Experience of working with a variety of stakeholders and building effective working relationships.

Experience of communicating effectively with a wide range of audiences.

Knowledge and experience of working within the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

Understanding and experience of procuring through Government Framework Agreements.

The ability to manage your own workload effectively while contributing as part of a wider team.The following would be advantageous:

Experience within public sector procurement.

Experience operating within a category management environment.

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