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Senior Procurement Officer

Salford Permanent £32,000 - £36,000 per year View Job Description
The Senior Procurement Officer will play a pivotal role in managing procurement activities and ensuring compliance with organisational policies within the not-for-profit sector. This position, based in Salford, requires a detail-oriented professional with expertise in procurement and supply chain operations.
  • Senior Procurement Officer for a public sector organisation
  • Flexible, Hybrid working patterns

About Our Client

We are partnered not-for-profit purchasing consortium and we produce compliant purchasing frameworks and provide specialist advice on spending practices and value for money. Their longstanding history and dedication has earned Cthem a reputation for excellence, which has allowed us to support public sector organisations with a combined non-pay spend of £441m throughout the 2023/24 financial year alone.

Job Description

We are looking for a Procurement professional, with knowledge and experience in the public sector, to work with our Contracting team based in Salford. We're looking for people who want to really make a difference in the Education sector and who can deliver our services with a positive, "can do" attitude.

Working within the Contracting team and reporting to the Procurement Manager that leads your respective category, you will be responsible for managing the end-to-end procurement cycle for various agreements within the People category. You will be responsible for the delivery of the whole procurement cycle from business planning, pre-market engagement, end-to-end tendering, contract management, stakeholder engagement and managing the overall performance of the agreements within your portfolio.

You will also provide mentoring support to the Procurement Officers and Graduate Procurement Officer within the Contracting team, as well as providing a full and professional procurement service to all members, covering the acquisition of any goods or services under Frameworks, Dynamic Markets, and Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS).

Public procurement knowledge and experience, both under the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015 and the Procurement Act (PA) 2023, is essential in this role. You must have worked in a public procurement environment previously, working within an education setting is preferable but not essential. Please note you will be required to work from the Head Office, Procurement House, in Salford, M6 6AJ a minimum of two days per working week. The remaining three days would normally be worked from home.

The Successful Applicant

  • Experience in a public procurement role and proficient in the current Public Procurement Regulations.
  • Confident in giving advice to colleagues, clients and members independently.
  • Ability to engage with suppliers and stakeholders, and to engage in pre-market consultations.
  • Confident in determining routes to market and defining need.
  • End-to-end contract management and working knowledge of the contract obligations.
  • Ability to record KPI data and react to supplier underperformance.
  • Able to end-to-end manage a wide range of sub-threshold contract requirements.
  • A grounding in above-threshold procurement processes and can develop and manage those processes under supervision.
  • Competency in the use of internal IT platforms, such as CRM, and regular interaction with external platforms.
  • Understanding of social and ethical procurement.
  • CIPS level 4 or equivalent working experience.

What's on Offer

  • Salary of up to £36,000 per annum depending on experience.
  • An annual, discretionary bonus following successful probation.
  • Hybrid working, 2 days onsite and 3 days home working.
  • Access to a local government pension scheme which includes death-in-service and ill health.
  • Opportunities to develop through our inhouse development programmes and through external learning with full support given to achieve MCIPS.
  • 38 days holiday (including a week for Christmas holiday closure and bank holidays).
  • Time off for volunteering opportunities.
  • Enhanced leave packages such as paid sickness, carers leave, bereavement and compassionate leave and maternity pay.
  • Support for wellbeing with access to mental health first aiders and the opportunity to join an Employee Assistance Programme.
  • The chance to get involved in a number of working groups, such as Equality Diversity and Inclusion, Wellbeing and Sustainability.
  • The opportunity to join our Women's, Men's and Carer's employee support networks which provide safe spaces for colleagues to share their experiences.
  • Social and employee events throughout the year.
  • Free parking when onsite at our Head Office in Salford.
Contact
Joe Bloor
Quote job ref
JN-092025-6832093
Phone number
+44 114 270 3761

Job summary

Job function
Procurement & Supply Chain
Subsector
Indirect Procurement
Sector
Public Sector
Location
Salford
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Joe Bloor
Consultant phone
+44 114 270 3761
Job reference
JN-092025-6832093