You will be joining a fast-paced multi-award winning, procurement team at a crucial and important time in driving standards and best practice within our category led approach to procurement.
We are looking for highly ambitious, enthusiastic people who are customer focused, add value, demonstrate all of the Council’s behaviours and expectations and continually strive for excellence. You will play an important role in the delivery of a fantastic, forward thinking, flexible, creative, commercial and collaborative procurement team, which aims to exemplify excellent procurement practice.
As a Senior Procurement Officer, you will be self-disciplined, working within a busy and progressive department and be responsible for driving a busy pipeline of works at pace along with delivering value for money and procuring goods, services and works through 3rd party providers. These posts will ensure that all procurement activities are maximising best value along with fully complying with the Councils Contract Procedure Rules, national and EU legislation.
There are up to 3 Senior Procurement Officer positions which will provide flexible support across the “Built Environment” are, which has three strategic categories that spend and contracts will be aligned to:
- Construction and Infrastructure
- Housing
- Facilities Management, Transport & Environment
If you are highly motivated and appreciate a demanding workload, working to tight deadlines with a variety of stakeholders, enjoy a challenge and want the opportunity to work in a varied role across construction facilities management and transportation, we would love to hear from you.
Requirements for this job:
- The ability and an understanding of public sector procurement processes and EU legislation.
- Knowledge and an understanding of construction, facilities management, transportation and model forms of contract.
- An awareness of the construction, facilities and transportation industries/supply chain, and the challenges it faces.
- Excellent IT skills and experience or awareness of using electronic purchasing systems e.g. YORtender, SAP or alternative systems.
- A team player who is solution focused with a flexible style of approach, ready to take on any challenge.
- Experience of managing relationships, motivating and influencing stakeholders, and effective communication at all levels.
- Ability to search, analyse and present information in different formats and to different audiences.
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage conflicting priorities.
- Demonstrates willingness to work towards achieving the Level 4 CIPS (Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply).
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Jennifer Hilton on 01484 22 1000.
Will take place virtually on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd September 2020.
Closing date
04 September 2020, 11:55 PM
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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