Procurement Officer.

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Procurement Officer - Working for a leading housing Association based in Coventry -Paying £32,000pa - 6 months FTC - Hybrid working is available. Working 36.25 hours a week Monday - Friday with flexible start and finish times!

ACCOUNTABILITIES / RESPONSBILITIES

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders to support delivery of Procurement objectives.
• Conduct market competition and managing the evaluation across a cross-functional team to determine supplier selection.
• Understand business requirements and structuring deals to meet those requirements.
• Use spend analytics to identify spend outside Procurement management, work with the wider team to identify opportunities to improve delivery of value/ cost avoidance or savings and mitigate risk.
• Identify and document risks, issues and opportunities.
• Negotiate deals to achieve optimal commercial terms.
• Draft contracts based on standard terms and conditions.
• Build relationships with key suppliers.
• Adhere to the corporate standards and applicable legislative frameworks, including using the defined sourcing tools and processes in delivery of sourcing initiatives. Promote compliance with business processes.
• Support organisation in the preparation and publication of applicable notices (as per Procurement Act 2023) and other applicable legislation.
• Identify and implement opportunities to deliver savings for clients and drive benefits through smarter/ efficient sourcing (this includes spend analytics, contract registers (including commencement and expiry dates, renewal and termination provisions.
• Promote use of frameworks where this represents better value for money for the organisation.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

The tools needed to do the role

Essential

• CIPS qualified or working towards CIPS
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organisational skills.
• A solid understanding of Procurement Processes.
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.
• Ability to prioritise a varied workload and work under pressure to meet deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
• Project Management skills
• Problem solving skills.
• Good user-level knowledge of MS Office programmes, particularly Excel and Word.
• Experience of working in a procurement environment

If you are available immediately and you have Procurement experience that is required then please apply now!!