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Head of Procurement
4 months ago
Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC) is the Centre of Procurement Expertise for, and owned jointly by all of Scotland's Universities and Colleges; it provides a wide range of procurement / supply chain related shared services both as a central team and within Universities and Colleges throughout Scotland.
Owing to the expansion of our shared service, we are pleased to offer an opportunity for an ambitious and keen procurement professional looking for the next step in their procurement career. This is a strategically important role for Fife College (FC).
Reporting to the Senior Procurement Manager for the East of Scotland (and with a customer service reporting line to the Deputy Principal within FC), the successful applicant will become a key part of FC's team and will enjoy a broad spread of commodity ownership, leading delivery of procurement services within FC. Due to FC's strong ethical ethos, a strong grounding in sustainable / responsible procurement practices / knowledge would be advantageous.
**Desired Skills for the role**:
- Excellent stakeholder skills
- Significant EU & PRA procurement legislation experience
- Customer-centric approach
- Good level of commercial acumen.
- Strong understanding of sustainability / responsible procurement issues.
**Responsibilities**:
- Establish & Maintain Procurement Strategy (statutory duty) and the annual Procurement Report (statutory duty).
- Manage senior & operational and key centrally managed supplier relationships
- Support directly employed (by FC) staff involved in procurement (if/as required)
- Coordinate (not direct reporting line) a procurement network within FC of people involved in devolved operation procurement activity / procurement process gatekeeping
- Undertake appropriate spend analysis activity and manage tendering of institution wide specific supplies/services where either the Procurement Manager believes there to be significant benefit for FC or where proposed by FC senior management. They would lead on managing / coordinating the process for above regulated spend areas and provide support to staff in managing the process for lower level spend.
- Undertake / oversee (as appropriate) Contract & Supplier management in partnership with stakeholders across FC.
- Develop & Facilitate procurement processes based on the "Procurement Journey" and provide operational guidance for/to those involved in lower value procurement exercises below formal tender levels.
- Enshrine robust and relevant sustainable procurement principles in the way that procurement at FC supply chain is managed, within the Framework of (currently) EU procurement directives, Scot-Gov, UK-Gov CE declarations and the sectors adherence to the Climate Commission targets
- Implement the Sustain Supply Chain Code of Conduct and the Scottish Government Sustainable Procurement Duty.
- Plan and deliver FC focussed procurement awareness training
- Provide the key link between FC and the APUC collaborative procurement team and for facilitating the implementation of suitable framework agreements
- Represent FC on the sector-wide Procurement Strategy Group, and contribute to sector-wide joint initiatives in relation to procurement on behalf of FC.
- Undertake a contract sweep and populate and manage ongoing the Hunter contract register, contract update tools etc.
- Undertake statutory reporting for FC and routine reporting within FC.
- In relation to aspects of procurement related law and procedures which may require judgement applied on risk, or fall into higher-risk present "grey" areas, they would provide an options appraisal for FC in order to make an informed judgement.
**Brief Statement of Terms and Conditions of Employment**
**Employer (Head Office)**
Unit 27, Stirling Business Centre, Wellgreen, Stirling, FK8 2DZ
**Grade and Salary**
The appointment will be made on the following salary scales depending on experience and qualifications: Circa £43,000 starting salary Any cost-of-living increases are normally awarded on 1st August each year.
**Contract Type**
Permanent, Full Time
**Location**
Campuses in Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes. This role will be based in Dunfermline. Hybrid attendance model.
**Hours of Work**
Full Time hours are 35 hours per week on average and can be worked 5 x 7 hour days or you can compress your hours to work either 4.5 days per week, 9 days per fortnight or 9.5 days per fortnight. Flexibility with start and end times will be accommodated wherever possible.
**Holidays**
280 hours combined leave (Equivalent to 40 days holiday each year).
**Pension**
All employees are automatically enrolled into the company pension scheme.
**Cycle To Work**
The cycle to work scheme enables you to obtain a bike and/or cycling accessories under a loan agreement to use for riding to work and allows you to pay for the loan via salary sacrifice thus making tax and National Insurance savings. You are also free to use the bike and equ
