Cherry Professional are currently recruiting for a Procurement Officer. Working with service delivery teams, you will identify the requirements, be involved in the research stage and planning stage, go out to tender and lead during the evaluation, moderation, and contract award stage.Responsibilities:
1. To effectively lead on the strategic "transforming strategy" for Procurement delivering increased benefits by working with the business, suppliers and other stakeholders to bring about improved value creation through influencing strategy.
2. Support the business to integrate best commercial practice into their processes and ways of working to support continuous improvement.
3. Act as a deputy to the Head of Procurement and assist in development the procurement strategy and formulating new policies and procedures aligned to business needs. Ensure all policies are reviewed and up to date.
4. Deliver training to the business on policies and procedures to embed good practice, develop knowledge and manage risks in alignment with organisational appetite.
5. Act as Procurement Expert located within the business
6. Lead multi-discipline teams to deliver effective contracts and to design new commercial arrangements taking into consideration business requirements and risks.
7. Responsible for managing the negotiation, planning and placing of contracts.
8. Implement Category Management principles where appropria...