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Principal Procurement Compliance & Quality Assurance Officer, Manchester
Client: Shared Services Connected Ltd
Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: 2803f8486ab7
Job Views: 73
Posted: 18.02.2025
Expiry Date: 04.04.2025
Job Description:
If you're in public sector Procurement Compliance or Quality Assurance and are seeking a new, dynamic role, consider exploring the opportunity we have available!
As a Principal Procurement Compliance & Quality Assurance Officer you will support with embedding a healthy culture within individuals and across our procurement solutions team that will seek to achieve excellence in quality, assure compliance, drive continuous improvement, and deliver outstanding procurement solutions for our customers to access. Working cross-functionally, you'll enjoy forging relationships, influencing action, and getting to the bottom of customer needs to deliver procurement at its finest.
We can offer great career progression opportunities, ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs and training and development opportunities.
This role predominantly home based, with travel to one of our offices based in either Salford, Leeds, or London once a month.
What you'll be doing:
1. Conduct formal peer reviews of tender documentation and project outcomes.
2. Provide mentorship on appropriate governance to Procurement Solutions colleagues.
3. Develop policies and tools to resolve issues and improve processes.
4. Work collaboratively within the Procurement Compliance and Quality Assurance team.
5. Integrate seamlessly with category project teams.
6. Stay updated on current topics, trends, and case law in public procurement.
What you’ll bring:
1. UK Public sector procurement knowledge and compliant working with the UK Public Contracts Regulations 2015, including relevant policy and guidance.
2. Experience of undertaking quality assurance / compliance reviews on procurement documentation to identify areas for improvement and suggesting how such improvements may be achieved.
3. Experience, understanding and interpretation of the legal aspects of procurement and supply.
4. Ability to challenge in a positive but robust manner to drive an improvement in quality standards and drive continuous improvement.
5. Project and Programme Management in a dynamic environment.
It would be great if you had:
1. Experience of delivering high value / strategic projects through all stages of the procurement lifecycle.
2. Experience of implementing procurement / sourcing strategies at a regional or national level.
3. Experience of digital procurement tools and processes.
4. Knowledge of category management principles.
If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!
Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Salford
Security Clearance Level: DBS
Internal Recruiter: Amy
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum
Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund.
Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improve performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements.
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