Operational Buyer

1 week ago


London, United Kingdom The Salvation Army Full time

**Location**:The Salvation Army Territorial Headquarters

**Working hours**:minimum of 35 hours per week

**Contract**: up to 12 months fixed term contract

**Interview Date**:To be confirmed

One of the UK’s most inspiring and best known faith-based organisations, The Salvation Army, is looking for a self-motivated and well-organised **Operational Buyer** to provide a procurement service to a range of stakeholders across the organisation.

**Key Responsibilities**:Established six years ago, and winners of the CIPS Procurement Team of the Year award in 2020, the Procurement Unit has undertaken a procurement transformation and continues to carry out savings delivery projects. The Unit is primarily based at the Territorial headquarters in Elephant & Castle, London, but some travel to other sites nationally will be required.

As an **Operational Buyer**, you’ll be responsible for managing and leading the tendering process for projects up to £1m in value. As well as reviewing, identifying and sourcing a list of suppliers, we’ll rely on you to draft tenders, score responses and put forward recommendations. Agreeing and/or negotiating supplier final contractual terms will be an important aspect of the role too, as will reviewing, processing and approving requisitions in our P2P system.

Along the way, you’ll work closely with senior members of other departments like IT and Finance as part of the tendering process. You’ll also get to deputise for the Operational Procurement Manager when required. Reviewing buying trends, procurement levers and sourcing options, providing sourcing expertise and advice to stakeholders and acting as our lead to drive continuous service delivery improvement and performance - all are aspects of this interesting and varied role.
- Either a level 4 MCIPS qualification or relevant experience, plus a good understanding of contract law
- Demonstrable experience gained in a Sourcing/Transactional buying role and leading tender processes, possibly, though not essentially for third sector organisations
- Excellent analytical and data manipulation skills and the ability to work under pressure and prioritise your own workload in an agile environment
- A flair for managing relationships with internal customers and experience of managing projects
- A proactive and results-driven approach plus a responsive attitude to stakeholder questions and issues

**In the job profile you will find the criteria required for the role please make sure that you address this in your supporting statement.**

**_As a disability confident scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy._



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