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Procurement Specialist

4 months ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Great Places Housing Group Full time

**Salary**: Up to £45,000

**Job Type**: Full Time, Permanent
**Location**: Head Office

**Benefits**: Competitive pension, 26 days holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loans for public transport plus much more.
You will provide procurement support to key delivery areas within Great Places, forging strong work relationships and demonstrating excellent procurement. You will challenge existing ways of working through the procurement process and become to “go to” forsupply chain guidance, acting as a business partner to support the delivery of goals and outcomes.
**What you’ll be doing**:

- You will be leading on procurement projects including those for strategic and critical contracts.
- Identifying opportunities for innovation and adding value by challenging existing ways of working through the procurement process.
- Engaging with key stakeholders to develop strategic approaches and work collaboratively to ensure value for money from Great Places supply chain.
- Maximising the social value and local economic impact of Great Places via the procurement process.
- Identifying supplier risk areas, quantifying risk exposure within defined delivery areas and executing risk mitigation actions.
- Working effectively with service leads and stakeholders to provide support in specification development and contract management processes including annual performance reviews and contract variations.
- You will explore, develop and embed new approaches to ensure procurement activity delivers best value for Great Places and creates commercial opportunities if appropriate.
- You will promote Great Places procurement function and build on its reputation as a positive service within the sector.
- Ensure that procurement is undertaken in line with industry and ethical guidelines.

**What you’ll need**:

- Experience of procurement within a public sector organisation
- Understanding of Public Contract Regulations 2015 and FaTS compliant procurement
- Experience of managing multiple projects of varying complexity
- Ability to develop tender documents, specifications and manage E-procurement systems
- Ability to develop relationships with key stakeholders
- Good written and verbal communication
- Organisation skills and the ability to time-manage work load

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