Procurement Specialist - Public Sector

An unmissable job opportunity has arisen for a Procurement Officer to join an incredible, Public Sector business on permanent basis.

This role is to join their procurement department and provide essential support to David the head of department.

David is a really warm and likely character and would be an amazing manager to work for.

Salary = £35,700-£45,600 per annum

Hybrid working = This is a hybrid working role based from their Birmingham office and expectation is to work only 1 day a week in the office.

Location = Birmingham City Centre (prime office location)

Benefits = Permanent opportunity available if you are committed, remote & flexible working, great pension package and host of Public Sector benefits available.

The non-negotiables for this role is this candidate needs to have knowledge of PCR2015 and spend controls. So ideally experience within the Public Sector where PCR2015 is used.

Duties:

• Administration and maintenance of procurement files on SharePoint
• Management of contract files, in particular requests for copies of contracts and ad-hoc requests such as confirmation of end dates.
• Administration of our e-Procurement platform such as monitoring message board and maintaining, potentially developing the contracts module
• Placing notices on contracts finder/find a tender
• Discovering information on CCS Framework
• Helping with formatting and drafting of procurement documents (downloading templates and adding base information)
• Supporting the production of various procurement management reports and responding to freedom of information requests.
• Contract lead for finance contracts i.e. travel and possibly procurement cards.
• Processing procurement requests i.e. new supplier and STA (within defined delegations)
• Tracking and reporting non-staff spend on the finance system (transactions that may exceed £10k but have not gone via official procurement process)
• Administration of spend control requests
• Production of procurement metrics

The ideal candidate for this role:

• Will have previous procurement experience within the Public Sector
• Good working knowledge of PCR2015
• Ability to manage own time, plan and deliver work to deadlines
• Attention to detail is key, due to the contracts and frameworks relevant to this role
• Must have good IT skills, including Excel

Therefore if you are open to a contract opportunity and have the relevant experience, then please apply today to be considered.