AddressWe are recruiting for a Group Procurement Officer on a 6-month Fixed Term Contract. In this key role you will support the Procurement Category Managers and Director of Commercial Operations in coordinating and supporting the delivery of complex, business critical, sourcing projects across a broad range of Product, Services, and Infrastructure contracts for City & Guilds.
This role will support City & Guilds with its cost-saving and One City & Guilds initiatives, embracing newly emerging, and enhancing, existing, supplier relationships to improve customer experience to manage and deliver all procurement projects.
You will need be based in the UK working on a hybrid basis with a mix of home and our London office (approx 1 day per week)
This appointment will be made on merit.
We believe that diversity and inclusion strengthen and enriches us, and that it is the responsibility of everyone at the City & Guilds Group to drive this value. As ethnic minority groups and disabled people are currently under-represented within the Group, we particularly encourage and welcome applications from these communities.
About the role
As Group Procurement Officer, you will support and lead on delivering BAU procurement exercises, establishing strong relationships across the business with procurement and negotiate with suppliers to deliver value for money initiatives for City & Guilds.
You will be required to support embedding and cascading procurement best practice and process management across City & Guilds.
Our successful candidate will develop and implement sourcing strategies that deliver on the agreed financial targets.
You will support the drafting and advisory work on tender documentation, specifications, and pricing schedules.
We would expect you to support and coordinate the evaluation of bids based on financial and non-financial criteria coordinating and documenting the process to maintain robust and transparent records and quick turnarounds.
About you
You will have responsibility for a business-critical portfolio of Group Procurement projects, you will be tasked with developing and delivering cutting edge procurement, strategic sourcing and category management solutions, operating as an internal business partner to key stakeholders.
You will have demonstrable Procurement experience gained in a fast-paced transformational environment. You will also have experience of contract management and supporting value for money initiatives across a fast-paced commercial organisation.
Our successful candidate will demonstrate a consultative approach to engaging, influencing, and supporting key stakeholders through the contracting life cycle (engagement, in term and end of term).
As Group Procurement Officer, you will bring proven experience of providing highly effective supplier management and development and managing operational and contract process.
You are curious and inquisitive in nature and will be able to seek new ways of driving commercial value and cost optimisation across the business.
Our Story And Mission
Our vision is for a world in which everyone has the skills and opportunities to succeed. We support almost five million people each year to develop skills that help them into a job, develop on that job and to prepare for their next job. As a charity, were proud that everything we do is focused on achieving this purpose.
Through our assessment and credentialing, corporate learning and technical training offers, we partner with our customers to deliver work-based learning programmes that build competency to support better prospects for people, organisations and wider society. We create flexible learning pathways that support lifelong employability, because we believe that people deserve the opportunity to (re)train and (re)learn again and again gaining new skills at every stage of life, regardless of where they start.
At the heart of our business sits the City & Guilds Foundation which amplifies our purpose by helping to remove barriers to getting into a job, celebrating best practice on the job, and advocating for jobs of the future.
We were founded in 1878 by the City of London and the trade guilds of the time, to help people, organisations and economies to develop their skills for growth.
Our rich experience means were uniquely positioned to understand the future of work and learning. And we continually evolve to develop and deliver skills for the workplace of the future. Today, as well as qualifications and assessment, we offer digital credentialing, eLearning technologies, executive leadership development, technical training, and consultancy.
Our success is driven by the people we work with. We pride ourselves on our ability to offer an equal opportunity to all our staff and we value diversity within our inclusive culture. We recognise that a diverse workforce is the only way we will achieve our ambitious business goals, so we work hard to be flexible to accommodate everyone.
What We Offer
We offer the opportunity to work in an innovative, engaging and market-leading organisation with opportunities to develop your existing skills and explore new ones.
Youll receive an excellent benefits package which typically includes a great base salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, pension, private healthcare, volunteering opportunities and much more.
Next Steps and how to apply
If you think this is the role and organisation for you then we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and complete our short application form using the apply button.
We shortlist for our vacancies on an ongoing basis, and we may close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. Please can you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
City & Guilds are a Disability confident employer. Please let us know if you require any support/adjustments at your interview and if successful any adjustments needed to support you in your role. If this is required, please email; careers@cityandguilds.com
