Procurement Specialist
- Remote, Hybrid
- West London, Greater London, United Kingdom
- £38,000 - £45,000 per year
- Procurement
Are you a procurement professional looking for a new opportunity within the public sector?
Job description
Are you a procurement professional looking for a new opportunity within the public sector?
Then we have an exciting role for you to work within a growing charity organisation.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Procurement Specialist to join our growing organisation that is a certified “Great Place to Work”. Great Place To Work is also proud to recognise Crescent Purchasing Consortium on the following Best Workplaces Lists.
We are looking for an organised individual who can deliver our services with a positive attitude towards achieving public sector procurement excellence.
The successful application will manage the clients’ tendering and contract requirements, provide sound procurement advice and excellent customer service. Reporting to the Procurement Manager you will be responsible for leading the tendering process for a variety of expense categories, projects and services. You will help our clients to meet the requirements of PCR 2015 and their own internal regulations. You will work with the client’s stakeholders to draft tender packs to ensure contracts placed achieve value for money, cost savings, where available, and improved service levels.
Job requirements
Person Specification
We are looking for someone within the Middlesex / West London region, who has extensive procurement experience within the public sector and knowledge of public sector procurement legislation. If you are a skilled and experienced procurement professional with the ability to deliver all aspects of this role, then we would love to hear from you!
This role is part time (2.5 days per week), but full time applications will also be considered.
This position is predominantly remote working but will require a minimum of 1 visit per week to our client in Uxbridge or nearby locations as required.
Salary and benefits
In return for your dedication to the role you will receive a salary of up to £22,500 (£45,000 FTE) dependant on experience. Additionally, you will be joining a charity which offers:
- 38 days holiday (including Christmas holiday closure and bank holidays).
- Yearly performance related bonuses of up to £3,000 FTE.
- Agile, flexible and remote working. The successful candidate must be able to do some travel to Scunthorpe and York although it is mainly remote working.
- The opportunity to join a great local government pension scheme.
- Opportunities to develop through our inhouse development programmes and through external learning with full support given to achieve MCIPS.
- Enhanced leave packages such as paid sickness, bereavement and compassionate leave, maternity and paternity pay.
- Support for wellbeing with access to 8 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.
- Social and employee events throughout summer and at Christmas.
- Has a programme of ‘giving back’ to the communities in which it is based and which it supports.
- Provides a comprehensive induction through the initial probationary period, together with support for ongoing training & development, designed to help you be the best you can be.
Next Steps
If the above sounds interesting, please click through to our careers site for further information about this role at www.thecpc.ac.uk/careers. For more information on the role, please view the job description:
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CPC is an Equal Opportunities Employer and committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at every level. We welcome and encourage all applications and we believe that having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values.
*Please note that the closing date for this vacancy is 8th November*
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