Procurement Officer

**Are you looking for the next step in your Procurement journey?**

**Are you looking for a supportive, Great Place to Work with opportunities to develop?**

**_ We’d love you to join our team_**

**Who are we?**:
Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) is a not-for-profit purchasing consortium and we produce compliant purchasing frameworks and provide specialist advice on spending practices and value for money. We actively support organisations with a combined non-pay spend of £350m, which means that our team have a vast amount of experience procuring a wide range of goods and services and it’s our team and our heritage that has earned us our reputation for excellence.

**What’s the role?**:
Working within the Contracting team and reporting to a Procurement Manager, with the support from the relevant Category team, you will be responsible for the management of the end-to-end procurement cycle for various agreements across the Product, People & Place portfolios. You will be responsible for the delivery of the whole procurement cycle from business planning, pre-market engagement, end-to-end tendering, contract management, stakeholder engagement and managing the overall performance of the agreements within your portfolio.

You will also provide a full and professional procurement service to all members, covering the acquisition of any goods, works or services under Frameworks and Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS).

**What makes us different?**:
We're an award-winning organisation recognised and certified as a “Great place to work”. We offer a collaborative, exciting environment where your ideas are heard and valued. We provide competitive salaries, benefits, and opportunities for career development. We're making a real difference and you can be a part of it

This is just the beginning, we're constantly growing and evolving and we're always looking for passionate individuals who share our vision

**Person Specification**:
**In return for your dedication, we offer a wide range of benefits including**:

- Salary of up to £30,000 per annum depending on experience.
- Generous yearly discretionary bonuses following successful probation.
- Hybrid working - 2 day per week based from our Head Office in Salford.
- Access to a local government pension scheme, including death-in-service and ill health.
- Opportunities to develop through our inhouse development programmes and through external learning with full support given to achieve MCIPS.
- 38 days holiday.
- Time off for volunteering opportunities.
- Enhanced leave packages such as paid sickness, carers leave, bereavement and compassionate leave and maternity pay.
- Support for wellbeing with access to 8 mental health first aiders and the opportunity to join an Employee Assistance Programme.
- The chance to get involved in a number of working groups, such as Equality Diversity and Inclusion, Wellbeing and Sustainability.
- The opportunity to join our Women's, Men's and Carer's employee support networks which provide safe spaces for colleagues to share their experiences.
- Social and employee events throughout summer and at Christmas.
- Has a programme of ‘giving back’ to the communities in which it is based and which it supports.
- Free parking when onsite at our Head Office in Salford.

**Next Steps**:
**_ Please note that VISA sponsorship is not currently offered for this role._**

As an equal opportunities employer, Crescent Purchasing Consortium is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.