What's involved with this role: Interim E-Procurement Officer - Procurement & Commercial Services Reference no: Stoke on Trent 5258321 Pay Rate: £350.00 per day PAYE 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours This opening assignment is for 3 months City: STOKE ON TRENT Support Procurement Operations and Payments activity from source to payment that underpins the Council’s objectives to transform Procurement & Commercial Services into a leading edge and professional organisation through becoming more focused, more integrated, more disciplined throughout. Key responsibilities: Support the development of the Central Buying functions. Engage and work closely with the Category Management team to align purchasing activity and maximise opportunities to deliver value for money within the buying process. Gain an understanding of the Category both internally and externally Lead on buying activity up to £50,000 including; a. managing a three-quote process b. managing a mini-tender process c. managing the call off process from City Council frameworks d. calling off from regional and national frameworks Negotiating with suppliers to agree prices, quantities, delivery schedules and exclusivity deals. Researching new supply markets, products and service provision and to support the development of supply markets in conjunction with the Category Strategy. Highlight risk and issues and record progress through periodic reporting. Deliver budget efficiencies and maximise use of Council’s funds. Support the delivery and monitoring of a cashable savings process from contract and purchasing efficiencies Engage with suppliers with a focus on SMEs and local suppliers to support the Council’s sustainable procurement strategies. Qualifications: A bachelor's degree in disciplines such as economics, engineering, business administration or supply chain management. Knowledge: Knowledge of key local government supply markets, for example; corporate services, housing & works, city management or housing and works. Knowledge of the public contracting regime and Council own policies and procedures relating to procurement and contracts management. Commercial Awareness Experience: Experience of purchase ordering and payment process and systems Experience of managing a three-quote process, mini-tenders and call off from frameworks Skills & Abilities: IT skills Negotiation skills Analytical and maths skills. Able to work well in a team Ability to work to deadlines Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application (and help us to help you) – please give full details within your CV document. Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address. Please feel free to apply to us directly via jobstclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF. If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles. ALD Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please