Procurement Officer

Job Description

Procurement Officer – Gloucestershire

Contract

£280.00 per day

Full time

Overall purpose

• Working as part of the organisation’s Strategic Procurement Service you will support or lead tender activity or act in a support role to provide specialist support or analytical services to the team or its customers.
• This is one of a number of posts in the Strategic Procurement Service that work flexibly to support the commercial needs of the organisation.
• Success will depend on developing critical relationships at all levels, particularly with commissioners, outcome managers, project manager and other support services.
• You will be expected to demonstrate a good level of procurement knowledge and expertise perhaps in a specialist subject area and may be required to undertake discreet procurement projects.
• You could be someone with procurement or commissioning skills and experience. You could have a contract management or maybe even a legal background, within local government or the public sector. 

Experience

• You will ideally have knowledge of public sector procurement policies, procedures and systems as well as relevant legislation and regulations.
• Highly organised and analytical, with good IT skills, you’ll be ready to meet demanding targets, timescales and budgets.
• You also have good communication and negotiating skills.
• Use specialist knowledge or expertise to achieve superior outcomes.
• Undertake market and supplier research to inform the development of commissioning and commercial thinking.
• Undertake or lead discreet procurement projects and attend project/review board meetings as required.

To find out more information please contact Abbie at abbiek@4recruitmentservices.com

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. We are an equal opportunity agency.