Senior Procurement Officer

3 days ago


Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Unite Foundation Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Procurement Officer to join our growing Procurement team at Unite Students. As a key member of our team, you will play a crucial role in supporting the implementation of our sourcing solution Oracle Fusion.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide professional procurement advice and support across the Indirects category, ensuring value for money through strategic sourcing and competitive tendering.
  • Drive category strategy and foster effective supplier and operational relationships to optimise performance and minimise supply chain risk.
  • Support the subject matter expert (SME) lead for the implementation of Oracle Fusion, including supplier comms and engagement, creation of supplier catalogues, punchouts, and data cleansing.
  • Maintain excellent customer relationships with operational, project, and support teams to enable fast problem-solving and a 'one-team' mentality.
  • Undertake weighted tendering assessments for goods and services to achieve the best value for the least risk.
  • Work closely with Finance, IT, our systems integrator, and suppliers to support Unite in preparing for implementation of a new ERP solution, including reviewing and creating new supplier catalogues, punchouts, data cleansing, and collation.
  • Provide expert contractual and commercial advice to the team and business stakeholders.
  • Actively contribute to the wider team goals, including our ESG goals, helping us achieve our responsible business practices.
  • Develop commercial skills to identify what is important and how it contributes to the success of our business and to that of our suppliers, delivering value through a variety of means.
  • Motivate yourself to learn and develop in the Procurement/Supply Chain areas.
What We Offer
  • An annual bonus to share in the company's success.
  • 25 days' paid holiday.
  • Pension - based on how much you save, we'll contribute 1% more.
  • Flexible working opportunities.
  • Shared Parental Leave - 18 weeks full pay for birthing parent, 4 weeks for non-birthing parent.
  • Other benefits include, ShareSave, Bike to Work, Charity Match, amazing discounts, and more.
About Unite Students

Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100 business and the UK's leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 25 leading university towns and cities, with 74,000 students calling US home. We are driven by our values, culture, and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.

Instinctive inclusion. We know that to create and maintain a happy, healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn't just what we do but who we are. Employees, students, and neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive.

Room for Everyone

We're proud to be an employer that embraces individuality, and we're passionate about building inclusive teams. We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people. Building a home for success, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what's right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar.



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