Procurement Specialist

Job Title: Procurement Specialist

Location: Croydon - Hybrid working (1 day a week in office minimum)

Hourly rate £21.75 PAYE / £28.21 UMB Per Hour

Contract Length: Temporary assignment till end of February 2025 (possibility of extension)

Working Pattern: Full Time, Monday - Friday, 36 hours

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Role purpose:

• To support delivery of a strategic procurement service in spend areas assigned by the Strategic Procurement Manager ('assigned areas').
• Design and deliver procurement solutions that provide cashable savings and process efficiencies for the organisation whilst improving outcomes for our residents.
• To provide commercial input into the development of lower risk/complexity business cases (bronze/silver categorisation).
• Design appropriate routes to market for simpler procurements to enable effective competition, efficient tendering processes, and innovative procurement solutions.
• Lead the end-to-end tender process for assigned procurements, ensuring full compliance to standards and practices for tendering.
• To provide expert procurement advice for sub-threshold procurements managed by the business.

Key accountabilities:

• Contributing to data collection and analysis to support the development of spend analysis trends, assisting with reporting on spend, cost savings and delivery of other benefits.
• Supporting market research and analysis for the assigned procurement task.
• Developing the tender pack including reviewing and clarifying the specification, drafting appropriate tools and considering optimal pricing and incentivisation mechanisms for simpler procurements. .
• Managing (for simpler procurements) evaluation of submitted tenders using objective criteria, scoring/weighting and making recommendations based on an objective moderation process.
• Debriefing unsuccessful suppliers.
• Providing support to the business in the correct application of the sub-threshold tender process, including leading on the sourcing process where agreed.
• Guiding negotiations for less complex, lower value projects. Under guidance, participating in more complex negotiation meetings.
• Applying a range of project management techniques, appropriately and proportionately on simpler projects, while supporting larger, more complex projects.
• With support, assisting in the identification and monitoring of risks for procurements.
• Consulting with stakeholders involved in the procurement and supply process to achieve value for money outcomes for the function.
• Advising stakeholders on the interpretation of procedures for procurement and supply.
• Delivering well-written documents and high quality orally presented information.
• Sharing appropriate work-related information, presenting correct data in an effective, timely, targeted and meaningful way.
• Maintaining customer records and archive systems in accordance with directorate procedures and policies as well as statutory requirements.

Knowledge, skills & experience:

• CIPS Level 4 or equivalent experience desirable with a willingness to work towards MCIPS.
• Working knowledge of public procurement legislation & relevant policy.
• Knowledge of key change & project management techniques that can be applied to strategic procurement projects.
• A broad understanding of the key elements of the commissioning and procurement lifecycle.
• An understanding of key markets and common contracting models within the sector.
• Ability to manage simpler procurement projects, associated change and risks, and to provide support on more complex projects.
• Ability to use Procurement systems to support the tender process.
• Ability to effectively support market and spend analysis activities.
• Evidence of core negotiation skills, suitable for leading on simpler negotiations and supporting more complex negotiations.
• Experience of inputting into the development of strategies for less complex projects through all stages of the procurement lifecycle.
• Experience of researching and advising on the most appropriate routes to market for simpler strategic procurements.
• Experience leading multiple tendering exercises with a degree of risk and complexity.

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