Strategic Procurement Officer
Duration: Initially 3 months with an option to extend further
Hours: 37 hours a week
Rate: £280 umbrella a day (£220 PAYE a day)
Gloucestershire County Council are looking for a Strategic Procurement Officer to join their Adult Social Care Service. There is a requirement to be on site a least twice a week.
Responsibilities:
You will support or lead tender activity or act in a support role to provide specialist support or analytical services to the team or its customers.
Provide commissioners or other clients with pragmatic and informed advice so that customer outcomes and value for money requirements met or exceeded
Utilise specialist knowledge or expertise to achieve superior outcomes
Undertake market and supplier research to inform the development of commissioning and commercial thinking
Undertake or lead discreet procurement projects and attend project/review board meetings as required
Assess Social Value and work to maximise it through your work
Assess and manage to risk associated with each activity
Prepare a procurement strategy that describes your procurement findings and recommended approach
Requirements
Demonstrate a good level of procurement knowledge and expertise, ideally within Adult Social Care
Experience working in a procurement or commissioning environment
Experience of managing significant or complex tenders
High level of knowledge about procurement in the public sector
High level of ...