The role of Procurement Officer will involve:
1. Leading and managing procurement projects to deliver contracts for works, goods and services, which meet or exceed customer requirements.
2. Providing advice, guidance, and support on best practice procurement across Citizen, including the identification, assessment and escalation of potential risks associated with different sourcing strategies; and provide insight through the analysis of spend, price and cost analysis, supply markets and their supply chains.
3. Delivering Due Diligence testing and completing our Supplier Set-up process for new suppliers and contracts.
4. Ensuring that the Procurement Strategy, Policy, and Procedures are fully implemented and compliant with UK Procurement Regulations and other legal requirements.
5. Achieving measurable costs savings and or quality/service improvements through effective tendering and procurement activities with suppliers of goods, works and services.
6. Having responsibility for monitoring social value benefits identified during the procurement process and to feed this into Citizen’s Environmental Social Governance Reporting Framework.
7. Being responsible for the management and maintenance of the e-Procurement Portal and Procurement process information and support available via One Place.
8. Managing and maintaining key procurement information i.e. the Contract Register, Sourcing Plan and Benefits Register.
9. Seeking best procurement practice from inside and outside the organisation and to cascade this best practice.
10. Delivering effective procurement communications and training to colleagues, customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders and providing advice and guidance on matters related to procurement generally.
As the Procurement Officer, we need you to have:
1. An understanding of procurement including best practices, achievement of Value for Money, and benefits delivery.
2. An understanding of RSH/ UK procurement law and regulations.
3. Knowledge of procurement sourcing strategies including the development of quote and tender preparations.
4. Knowledge and understanding of e-procurement system(s).
5. Strong influencing and negotiation skills to enable effective operation and relationship building at all levels.
6. Excellent communication skills, necessary to effectively work with managers and colleagues internally and externally.
7. Experience of providing high quality reports, performance updates and analysis to management teams.
8. Strong IT skills with good knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
We would be really excited if you have:
1. Educated to degree level or equivalent through relevant training/experience.
2. Relevant professional qualification (i.e., CIPS, Management of Risk, etc.).
3. Knowledge and understanding of Market analysis.
4. Experience of public sector procurement.
5. Experience of working within a regulated environment.
6. Knowledge and understanding of the Social Housing Sector.
7. Knowledge on principles of Social Value.
8. An understanding of Risk Management principles.
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