Job Description

Your role will include pre-sourcing, sourcing and contract management activities. You will work alongside Project, Engineering, Inventory and Finance professions introducing equipment to service, managing availability in-service, and disposal at the out of service date. You and your team will work closely and develop a high degree of expertise in the equipment within the portfolio with you as the procurement manager.
We recognize the challenge of joining a new organization, and will pair you with experience procurement professionals and enthusiastically support you to become an expert team member. Working remotely drives good planning and regular effective communications. You will contribute to maintaining a close team relationship in a world of distributed digital working.
We are looking to recruit fully qualified and experience procurement professionals in the first instance. Consideration will also be given to applicants with transferable skills who demonstrate their suitability for development based on past experience and academic achievement. Interviews and appointments will be on merit.

This Civil Service procurement role attracts a valuable package of total benefits summarized below

• Predominantly working from home or remotely to your duty station with some business travel
• Paid business travel including other DECA sites and customer/supplier location (excluding duty station)
• Flexible working time scheme
• Pensions options benefiting from a 27.1% employer contribution rate
• 37 hour week worked flexibly, excess accrued hours may be taken as days off subject to conditions
• 26.5 days holiday p.a rising to 31.5 after 5 years’ service, existing service accumulated in a service commission accredited public body service may count towards the higher holiday value
• Funded and supported continuous professional development (CPD), and leadership development programme
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience of the procurement of goods or services in any role
• Ordinary National Certificate (ONC) or other equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline
• Willingness to work towards and achieve level 6 Member of the Chartered Institutes of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS) within a reasonable and agreed timeframe (we will cover your training costs and provide you study time)
• Experience of tendering and contract management
• Level 6 Member of Chartered Institutes of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS)
• Higher National Certificate or other an equivalent or higher level qualification in a relevant discipline