Procurement Specialist

4 weeks ago


Cardiff, United Kingdom Veesupportservices Ltd Full time

Job Summary:
Job Purpose: Leading, directing and co-ordinating a programme of sourcing activity and ensuring effective contract and supplier relationship management to maximise value for money and deliver targeted savings across the assigned categories / sub-categories.

Providing advice and guidance to support the framework members, category team members and Service Area staff with respect to procurement procedures and processes.

**Responsibilities**:

- Delivering targeted savings and improved value for money
- Developing category plans and sourcing strategies and drive associated change management initiatives
- Ensuring specifications and contracts are in place that deliver the Council’s strategic objectives and which support Service Area service delivery
- Ensuring contract and supplier management, commensurate with value and risk, are in place across the category group
- Developing procurement and category knowledge to effectively support the delivery of category management across the Council Ensuring a high degree of skills transfer is built into the category management through knowledge sharing and skills development
- Supporting Service Areas in implementing key activities within the approved strategic sourcing solution
- Ensuring the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of tender and contract documentation within assigned categories

Job Specific Requirements

1. Ensuring the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of tender and contract documentation within assigned categories.

2. Ensuring contract and supplier management, commensurate with value and risk, are in place across the category group to agreed and defined standards.

3. Ensuring specifications and contracts are in place which deliver the Council’s strategic objectives and which support Directorates service delivery.

4. Supporting the development of category plans and sourcing strategies and the delivery of associated change management initiatives.

5. Ensure co-ordination of activity and knowledge sharing across categories.

6. Engage and build relationships with Directorate managers, collaborating in strategic reviews of individual categories, building trust and confidence in the procurement function and the category management approach.

7. Develop and promote innovation and continuous improvement.

8. Develop an understanding of business requirements and market intelligence for the assigned categories.

9. Design and deliver training as required, on any new or existing procurement processes in order to enable them to become intelligent buyers/customers.

10. Lead on cross-category knowledge sharing initiatives both internally and with other public sector organisations in order to establish best practice within Cardiff Council and develop the Procurement function for the future.

Corporate Requirements

1. To participate actively in supporting the principles and practice of equality of opportunity as stated in the Council’s Equal Opportunities Policy.

2. To take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and other persons who may be affected by your acts or omissions and to comply with all health and safety legislation as appropriate.

3. To, as a statutory duty, adhere to the Council’s Corporate Safeguarding Policy and associated policies and procedures and to report concerns regarding the safety and wellbeing of children or adults at risk. In order to support you in this, you are required to access safeguarding training at the level which is relevant to this post.

4. As a term of your employment you may be required to undertake such other duties and/or times of work as may reasonably be required of you, commensurate with your grade or general level of responsibility within the organisation.

5. Although you will be provided with a base, you will be required to work from various locations in accordance with the needs of the role.

**Job Type**: Temporary contract
Contract length: 3 months

Pay: £319.80 per day

**Experience**:

- Procurement: 1 year (preferred)
- Purchasing: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person



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