Procurement Specialist

1 day ago


Central Inverclyde, United Kingdom Venesky Brown Full time £48,350 - £59,421
Job Description

Venesky-Brown's client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is seeking a Strategic Procurement Manager to join their team. This role will involve working with key stakeholders to agree procurement priorities and deliver on the support and processes required to achieve these on time and within budget.

Key Responsibilities
  • Engage with key stakeholders to agree procurement priorities and deliver on the support and processes required to achieve these on time and within budget.
  • Manage supplier performance against appropriate Key Performance Indicators, continually seeking service improvements and in-life cost savings.
  • Provide mentoring and development support to more junior members of the respective Category Team and engage fully with the post-holder's own personal development agenda and wider team succession planning.
  • Work closely with Operational Procurement to deliver a high-class procurement service, ensuring the content on the organisation's Oracle ERP system ('People and Money') remains accurate, and that procurement processes are streamlined and facilitate compliant procurement.
  • Assist in the preparation of annual commodity plans that ensure the Strategic Procurement Strategy remains relevant and fully aligned with the organisation's Strategy 2030 and the underpinning vision, purpose and values.
  • Represent the relevant Category and/or Senior Management Team, if appropriate, on influential internal and external groups, where this demonstrably enhances the status of, and benefits to, the organisation.
Requirements
  • Full Membership of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS) or a relevant degree or have significant procurement management experience and be making progress towards formal membership.
  • Presentation skills to deliver project and other management reports and recommendations for improved practice.
  • Good analytical and computing skills, accuracy and attention to detail, ability to develop performance monitoring and benchmarking and analyse databases and spreadsheets.
  • An aptitude for dealing with complex issues and limited budgets, reorganising priorities, and multi-tasking on concurrent projects in a frequently changing environment is necessary.
  • At least 3 and preferably 5 years' experience delivering a relevant procurement service including extensive range of commodities, showing knowledge appropriate to this high value, technically diverse environment.
  • Capacity and confidence to manage projects and deliver change with aptitude for developing and implementing policy.
  • Understanding customer service and key performance indicators in a devolved environment.
Senior Stakeholder Management experience
  • Experience of delivering strategic projects


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