Operational Procurement Officer
7 months ago
**About The Role**:
Are you a dedicated and detail-oriented professional with a passion for Procurement and Supply Chain Management? If so, we would love to hear from you.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Procurement Officer/Buyer to join our fast paced and dynamic Procurement team.
On a day to day basis, your primary role will be to support the Category Managers, maximising supplier performance and ensuring equipment and materials are available for LiveWest Operations. You will be responsible for the buying of specialist materials and services, purchasing of equipment and power tools, negotiating, and maintaining our product pricing portfolios, supplier performance management and ensuring suppliers adhere to relevant regulations and our values.
For this position, it is essential that you are able to build strong working relationships as you will be liaising with stakeholders and assisting in managing all elements of procurement processes and maintaining systems, including sourcing and procuring.
This role is being offered on a **full time**, **permanent **basis and will be based in our **Exeter** office. A hybrid working style is an option.
To be considered for the role of Procurement Officer, you will be / have:
- Experience of administering all aspects of procurement procedures and systems maintenance, ideally with experience of sourcing and procuring within a public sector environment.
- Good level of understanding of equalities and diversity as applied to the service.
- Knowledge of the Social Housing Sector. (D)
- Knowledge of Public Procurement Regulations. (D)
- Awareness of building construction and maintenance materials and fittings. (D)
- Excellent IT skills - proficient in the use MS Office.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, with excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.
- Ability to develop good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrates a motivated and proactive approach in all areas of work.
- Experience within a purchasing, stock control or materials management environment.
- Extensive experience in public sector/construction/building maintenance.
- Experience of working in a repairs and maintenance environment. (D)
- Tenacity for delivery and personal accountability.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
**About The Company**:
**Our Reward and Benefits**:
- Defined Contribution pension scheme - employer contribution of 6% - 9%.
- Discretionary Bonus scheme.
- Death in Service benefit (3 x salary).
- 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays with service related increase to your entitlement up to 30 days plus an option to purchase extra annual leave.
- Family Friendly policies.
- Health Cash Plan including dental and optical cover (worth up to £1,100 per annum).
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Health and Wellbeing programme which includes enhanced sick pay, monthly campaigns, training and yearly flu jabs.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Car Benefit scheme.
- Learning and Development including coaching and professional qualification support.
- Volunteering days.
**About Us**:
LiveWest provides over 40,000 homes to over 80,000 people throughout the South West from Gloucestershire to the Isles of Scilly. We have plans to build over 5,000 homes in the area over the next five years, developing new homes of all tenures including low-cost rent and sale, market rent and sale, and a range of supported housing and intermediate housing products, creating choice and flexibility.
As well as developing new homes, we continue to invest in existing properties and communities. Through the stability of good housing, we place better living for better lives at the centre of our mission both today and for generations to come. At LiveWest we believe in a home for everyone.
As an Inclusive Employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues. For further information about our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy, please click here.
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