Procurement Officers
22 hours ago
About the role
**Procurement Officers**
Permanent, Full Time
Up to £30,826 per annum
Location: Chelmsford
Working Style: Anywhere worker
**Please note the working style for this role is an Anywhere Worker but we will require you to attend the office in Chelmsford on average 1-2 days a week around business need.**
**We are currently looking to recruit for 2 Procurement Officers to join our award-winning Procurement Service with one role focused on Technology within the Corporate team while the other is focused on **Passenger Transport.**
**Job Purpose**
We’re looking for 2 procurement officers for exciting roles in busy teams. The first is working with the team that buy technology across the authority, this can be anything from software to provide case management, networking infrastructure, hardware to website support. The second in the passenger transport team is supporting the future of home to school transport, the local bus services and sustainable transport strategy. The roles will offer a wide range of experience supporting the Procurement function in various aspects, including managing and fielding supplier queries, supporting market engagement events, providing contract administration, as well as working on low-risk sourcing and contract management activities. You will conduct research and market analysis supporting Procurement Managers in the creation of Category Plans.
These are great roles for someone who has good commercial and analytical skills that would like to move into Procurement as a profession. You will gain extensive knowledge and have the opportunity to progress your career in a supportive environment with a culture of continuous improvement. You will be able to work towards a level 4 qualification from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply after successful probation.
**Accountabilities**
- Manage responses to supplier queries, co-ordinating the support to market engagement events and providing contract administration.
- Lead on the delivery and development of contract and supplier amendment and update processes including, contract novation’s, price uplifts and on boarding new suppliers to ECC, liaising with internal and external stakeholders as appropriate.
- Manage contracts to ensure that performance standards are achieved and any contractual, commercial or market risks are identified, and appropriate mitigations put in place.
- Deal effectively with supplier correspondence, ensuring that messaging is conducted in a fair, transparent and auditable manner.
- Lead the delivery of low risk sourcing processes, ensuring compliance with the Authority’s Procurement Policy and Procedures.
- Lead the development, planning and delivery of improvement projects, ensuring effective stakeholder management and compliance with existing contractual requirements.
- Adopt a continuous improvement approach to systems and processes to support the development of best practice for wider department benefit.
- Plan and implement a risk-based programme of contract compliance audits in conjunction with specialist areas of the organisation such as Internal Audit, Corporate Health and Safety, Corporate Risk and Information Governance.
- Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.
**The Experience You Will Bring**
- Educated to ‘A’ Level standard and/or qualification by experience of working in a commercial environment.
- Experience of running low level tenders with a working knowledge of public sector procurement law and experience of managing lower level contracts and monitoring and improving performance and mitigating risks
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel. Solid working knowledge of PowerPoint and MS Word.
- Appreciation of working in a political environment and an ability to understand and respond to different perspectives.
- Strong communication; verbal, written and presentation skills.
- Strong customer focus with a drive to provide a valued service.
- A positive attitude: a ‘can do’ approach, good work ethic and willingness to learn
- Interest in pursuing a career in procurement and either studying for or wishing to study for CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply) accreditation.
To read more about us please visit: Corporate Services
**Why Essex?**
Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England’s oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us here.
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