We are currently recruiting for an experienced Procurement Officer - Working for a leading housing Association based in Coventry -Paying £32,000pa - 6 months FTC - Hybrid working is available. Working 36.25 hours a week Monday - Friday with flexible start and finish times!
ACCOUNTABILITIES / RESPONSBILITIES
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders to support delivery of Procurement objectives.
- Conduct market competition and managing the evaluation across a cross-functional team to determine supplier selection.
- Understand business requirements and structuring deals to meet those requirements.
- Use spend analytics to identify spend outside Procurement management, work with the wider team to identify opportunities to improve delivery of value/ cost avoidance or savings and mitigate risk.
- Identify and document risks, issues and opportunities.
- Negotiate deals to achieve optimal commercial terms.
- Draft contracts based on standard terms and conditions.
- Build relationships with key suppliers.
- Adhere to the corporate standards and applicable legislative frameworks, including using the defined sourcing tools and processes in delivery of sourcing initiatives. Promote compliance with business processes.
- Support organisation in the preparation and publication of applicable notices (as per Procurement Act 2023) and other applicable legislation.
- Identify and implement opportunities to deliver savings for clients and drive benefits through smarter/ efficient sourcing (this includes spend analytics, contract registers (including commencement and expiry dates, renewal and termination provisions.
- Promote use of frameworks where this represents better value for money for the organisation.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
The tools needed to do the role
Essential
- CIPS qualified or working towards CIPS
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong organisational skills.
- A solid understanding of Procurement Processes.
- Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.
- Ability to prioritise a varied workload and work under pressure to meet deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
- Project Management skills
- Problem solving skills.
- Good user-level knowledge of MS Office programmes, particularly Excel and Word.
- Experience of working in a procurement environment
If you are available immediately and you have Procurement experience that is required then please apply now!!