Job Description
Procurement and Contracts Assistant
Torquay/Hybrid, salary up to depending on experience £39,186,
A new opportunity has arisen to join the Commercial Services Team within Torbay Council for a Procurement and Contracts Assistant offering a permanent role with excellent benefits:
1. Work Life Balance options including a flexi-scheme (in most areas), career break scheme, home working, flexible retirement
2. Family friendly benefits such flexible working, paid maternity, adoption and paternity leave schemes (where eligible), paid leave for fertility treatment
3. Competitive salaries
4. A healthy work environment which includes an Occupational Health, Employee Assistance Programme and a Wellbeing at Work Information Toolkit
5. Employee Reward Scheme - online and in-store access to a range of local and national discounts exclusively for our employees;
6. Professional Coaching Service for employee’s development
7. Learning and development opportunities to support personal and career development
8. Eye care vouchers
As the Procurement and Contracts Assistant you will be pro-active, creative and adaptable with an efficient approach to all commercial activities that enables to reduce risk and maximise budgets to support Council objectives. As well as:
9. Developing and implementing procurement strategies
10. Negotiating and managing contracts with suppliers
11. Conducting market research to identify potential suppliers
12. Ensuring compliance with procurement regulations
13. Managing procurement processes and documentation
Have you got a Professional certification in procurement or contracts management or a Minimum of 3 years of experience in procurement and contracts management?
Are you Procurement and Contracts Assistant with the following skills below?
14. Strong understanding of procurement processes and regulations
15. Excellent negotiation and communication skills
16. Ability to analyse data and make informed decisions
To achieve the higher salary, you will need to demonstrate your ability to meet the key criteria of the role by past experience and during the interview process.