Red Snapper Recruitment are recruiting for a Procurement Officer for an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care.
The Procurement Officer will assist the Procurement Manager by managing tenders for external contractors, and providing advice to staff upon highly complex procurement activities including but not limited to public sector purchasing routes, terms and conditions of commercial contracts, negotiation and supplier dispute resolution, contract management, contract/supplier relationship management, supplier appraisal and vetting and other related tasks.
Location - Remote, occasional meetings in Manchester office.
Contract - 5-month, potential extension up to 12 months.
Pay rate - £188.18 PAYE / £247.20 UMB per day.
Main duties and responsibilities
To delegate and provide cover for the Associate Director of Procurement as required
Developing, implementing and monitoring policies for managing programmes of work and quality assurance procedures within Procurement that impact across the organisation particularly those that relate to governance over non-pay expenditure for information technology
Managing the tendering assessment teams for specialist advice and support to staff including very complex and sensitive areas of work and providing advice and support to directors, budget managers, other staff and with external partners, suppliers and stakeholders
To provide regular updates to the interna...