Senior Procurement Specialist
Salary and grade: £59,415 per year, Grade 9Duration of role: PermanentHours per week: 37Location: The designated office base is Abbey House, Abingdon. The councils operate in a truly flexible, and hybrid way where the focus is on outcomes not where you work.
About the role and what we’re looking for
The role will act as the procurement expert/lead across a wide range of procurement activity for both councils providing advice and support to ensure the procurement processes are compliant with the Procurement Act 2023 and any other relevant legislation.
The Procurement function is responsible for circa GBP £75 million non-pay expenditure across the councils and will influence the medium to long term financial strategy through procurement of supplies and services.
Main duties and responsibilities
·Responsible for development of the councils’ procurement strategy in line with strategic objectives using own detailed knowledge.·Providing procurement direction, advice, and support to ensure compliance with relevant legislation, defining the best approach·Provide specialist, strategic procurement advice to support and/or lead major projects, including supporting market engagement activities, interpretation of technical specifications, management of stakeholders, management of the various types of tend...