Job Description

We are supporting them to recruit a Procurement Officers on a Fixed Term basis for 12 months These are newly created positions so an opportunity to shape the roles and deliver some large projects.

What you will be doing?

• Act as Procurement Business Partner to a specific business area for all expenditure within their budget responsibility.
• Source goods and services to the required specification within category
• Source and mobilize suppliers to a ‘business as usual’ status, ensuring complete and successful handover to the Supplier Relationship Manager for ongoing supplier management.
• Deliver financial targets in line with budget and forecast, highlighting progress and risks as required
• Provide annual business forecasts and budgets to enable the effective cost and cash Management
• Create and maintain category strategies, which anticipate external factors to include regulatory, legislative and corporate social responsibility requirements.

Benefits

• 35 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Generous pension
• Hybrid working and emphasis on work life balance
• Opportunity to shape a role and make it your own

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience working at a similar level
• Experience managing an end to end tender process
• Demonstrable experience of collaborative business partnering
• MCIPS full or part qualified or equivalent
• Strong negotiation and commercial acumen
• A problem-solving mentality and a confident and positive attitude
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build internal and external networks and influence decisions