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SalaryVANRATH are delighted to be assisting our client, a large and well-known Public Sector Organisation with the recruitment of aCategory Officerto join their team based in Belfast.
This is a Full-Time Monday - Friday position. 37 hours per week. Monday - Friday 9 - 5.
Salary
£41,300 per annum, plus benefits.
Responsibilities
- Deliver and support high quality procurement and category management to achieve value for money and legislative compliance.
- Deliver the end-to-end tendering process for assigned work in support of the annual programme of tenders providing advice, quality assurance and positive challenge to procurement activities.
- Fully utilise e-tendering and support the further development of the e-sourcing platform.
- Research and recommend or reject requested price increases, as appropriate.
- Be responsible for liaising with client departments for monitoring contracts, contract assessment and problem solving.
- Research, champion and implement recognised procurement best-practice in category management and procurement, and provide expert guidance, advice and assistance to departments and other stakeholders on major procurement strategies.
- Collect and analyse relevant user, service, supplier and spend data to support decision making in relation to category management and procurement as part of a team implementing procurement projects identified through analysis and sourcing strategies.
- Support the development and delivery of new ways of working in collaboration with the Procurement Development Unit, including the implementation of agreed process and systems improvements.
- Deputise for the Strategic Category Manager as necessary in their absence.
- Have an up-to-date knowledge and understanding of procurement strategies, systems, legislation and procedures, including e-procurement, European Union procurement legislation and regulations, the Freedom of Information Act and General Data Protection Regulation.
- Support the delivery of procurement and category management training to stakeholders.
- Apply a range of commercial skills in the development of procurement strategies.
Essential Criteria
Applicants must, either:
- have full, current membership of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and be able to demonstrate on the application form, by providing personal and specific examples, at least one year’s relevant procurement experience in each of the following three areas:
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- be able to demonstrate by providing personal and specific examples, at least two years’ relevant procurement experience in each of the three areas detailed above (a-c).
For further information on this opportunity, or any other position in Belfast or wider Northern Ireland, please apply via the link below or contact Conor Birch in the strictest confidence.
