Procurement Lawyer

Procurement Lawyer

Our client a large commercial organisation supporting the public sector are seeking to hire a Procurement lawyer to join their legal team. Successful applicants will have experience in procurement law and will have the opportunity to shape the organisations long-term procurement strategies.

Responsibilities will include:

Supporting the design and implementation of a commercial compliance framework that follows applicable legal rules and embeds best practices.Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations in line with the Board's level of risk appetite, providing the standards on processes and controls.Act as a subject matter expert on Public Contract Regulations, horizon scanning for the organisation, and ensuring that the category team operates to the highest standards.Support the implementation of the new standard procurement documents.Support the pragmatic development of effective and legally compliant category and sourcing strategies.Represent the legal function at meetings of the Category Decision Forum and, where appropriate, the Category Management Forum to ensure that decisions taken are informed by an assessment of legal risk. Requirements: At least 3 years of experience within a private practice or Inhouse environment practicing in a relevant area.Extensive experience of procurement lawA pragmatic approach to problem solving and an ability to engage with and involve a wide range of stakeholders and seniority across the whole of the supply chain.A willingness to manage your own case load and to respond to the demands of a fast-moving organisation. This will be a hybrid opportunity requiring 2 days a week working from one of their offices based in various locations across Nottinghamshire, Cheshire, Yorkshire and South Yorkshire and 3 days working from home. Salary from Just under 58K with excellent benefits package including: Performance bonus27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.Generous pension scheme contributing up to 12%Flexible Benefits SchemeIf you feel you have the relevant procurement experience and would like more information, please send your CV for consideration -

*Where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.

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