Job Description

You will deliver procurement support across the organization, providing advice, guidance and completion of projects and complex tenders for the growing portfolio ensuring company is compliant with European Commission and UK directives for procurement in the public sector.
You will provide support and guidance for members of the procurement team, ensuring the delivery of a first-class procurement service to the organization.
The purpose of the role is to support the JDR Program (Jet Decommissioning & Repurposing) in achievement of its milestones, impacting the achievement of targets and milestones. The program is the ‘first-of-a-kind’ and is one of the biggest decommissioning projects in the UK consisting of fourteen embedded project lines / teams.
To be successful in this role you will have experience of Public Sector Procurement and understanding of OJEU requirement and you have procurement strategic knowledge and experience with (internal & external) customer focused.

If you have strong verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal skills and you are a good team player with ability to work effectively as part of the Group Procurement Team., then we would like to hear from you.
What will you be responsible for?

• Negotiating with the relevant parties including external companies to arrive at appropriate commercial agreements.
• Advising to senior managers on contractual strategies (ranging from traditional contracts to alliances, partnerships, and alternative funding strategies).
• Contributing to problem solving and decision making to develop specification requirements.
• Managing contracts from tender through to closure.
• This will include evaluating bids, ensuring that value for money is always obtained, the negotiation of appropriate commercial agreements, and resolving claims and disputes.
• Providing general support, advice and coaching/delivery of training on commercial matters across the organization.
• Contributing to the evolution of Authority's commercial terms and conditions, policies and working practices.
• Identifying opportunities for improvements and proposes solutions to contribute to continuous improvement.

You will be required to deputies for the Procurement manager and the Procurement Business Partner at a variety of meetings, making decisions in line with commercial delegation and line manage of a small team of procurement specialists, providing performance feedback, completing their APS, and supporting and advising them with their day-to-day activities. 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• MCIPS qualified or working towards MCIPS qualification.
• Experience of Public Sector Procurement and understanding of OJEU requirements.
• A good technical appreciation of the range of procurement categories
• Good procurement strategic knowledge and experience.
• Commercially astute and customer focused.
• Good negotiation skills with some understanding of NEC form of Contract
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a good team player with ability to work effectively as part of the Group Procurement Team.
• Line management experience.
• Purchase 2 Pay procurement cycle.
• A good technical appreciation of the range of procurement categories.