Are you looking for a career where you can make a real difference?
Are you wanting to take the next step in your Procurement journey?
Are you looking for a Great Place to Work?
Come and join our team!
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Procurement Specialist to join our growing organisation. We are looking for an organised individual who can deliver our services with a positive attitude towards achieving public sector procurement excellence.
Who are we?
Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) is a not-for-profit purchasing consortium, owned and run by the education sector. CPC produce compliant purchasing frameworks and provide specialist advice on spending practices and value for money.
This role sits within our Crescent Managed Services (formerly known as Tenet Services). They specialise in offering procurement consultancy services to the education sector. They bespoke procurement solutions to suit individual client needs and budgets, from one-off tendering to onsite managed services. Our aim is simply to be the best at what we do.
We actively support organisations with a combined non-pay spend of £350m, which means that our team have a vast amount of experience procuring a wide range of goods and services. Owned by the education sector, and run for the education sector, it’s our team and our heritage that has earned us our reputation for excellence.
What’s the role?
Working with our client you will be responsible for leading the process for procuring contracts for a variety of categories, including facilities, estates, finance, curriculum and ICT and other projects and services. This role will contribute to embedding best practice, efficiency and effectiveness within procurement processes and decisions, ensuring compliance with UK procurement regulations and legislation and assisting us to achieve savings.
Reporting to the Procurement Manager you will be responsible for offering a proactive and comprehensive service and advice on all aspects of procurement to all levels of personnel and manage relationships between our client and their diverse range of suppliers.
What makes us different?
We're an award-winning organisation recognised and certified as a “Great place to work”. We offer a collaborative, fast-paced environment where your ideas are heard and valued. We provide competitive salaries, benefits, and opportunities for career development. We're making a real
difference and you can be a part of it!
This is just the beginning, we're constantly growing and evolving and we're always looking for passionate individuals who share our vision!
Person Specification
We are looking for someone within the Manchester/Stockport/Rochdale/Middleton/Oldham Area region, who has extensive procurement experience within the public sector or the education sector and knowledge of public sector procurement legislation. If you are a skilled and experienced procurement professional with the ability to deliver all aspects of this role, then we would love to hear from you!
We are seeking 2 procurement professionals, one role is full-time (5 days) and the other role is part time, 4 days per week. We require someone who will be willing to do a minimum of 1 visit per week to each of the clients.
In return for your dedication, we offer a wide range of benefits including:
* Salary of up to £45,000 FTE per annum depending on experience.
* Yearly discretionary bonuses of up to £3,000 FTE following successful probation.
* Hybrid working – 3 days home working and 2 days visiting each of our clients.
* Access to a local government pension scheme which includes death-in-service and ill health.
* Opportunities to develop through our inhouse development programmes and through external learning with full support given to achieve MCIPS.
* 38 days holiday (including a week for Christmas holiday closure and bank holidays).
* Time off for volunteering opportunities.
* Enhanced leave packages such as paid sickness, carers leave, bereavement and compassionate leave and maternity pay.
* Support for wellbeing with access to 8 mental health first aiders and the opportunity to join an Employee Assistance Programme.
* The chance to get involved in a number of working groups, such as Equality Diversity and Inclusion, Wellbeing and Sustainability.
* The opportunity to join our Women's, Men's and Carer's employee support networks which provide safe spaces for colleagues to share their experiences.
* Social and employee events throughout summer and at Christmas.
* Has a programme of ‘giving back’ to the communities in which it is based and which it supports.
* Travel expenses paid and free parking.
Next Steps
Deadline to apply is 3rd January 2025. If you like what you’ve read, please don't delay in applying as we may close vacancies early where we receive lots of applications. If you would like more information on the role and would like us to send you the detailed job description, please contact us at peopledevelopment@thecpc.ac.uk
Please note that VISA sponsorship is not offered for this role.
If you need any adjustments made to support your application, for example, if you require information in different formats or if you have any accessibility issues, we’re more than happy to review our processes. Please feel free to get in touch with us at peopledevelopment@thecpc.ac.uk.
CPC is an Equal Opportunities Employer and committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at every level. We welcome and encourage all applications, and we believe that having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values.