Procurement Category Specialist - Durham, United Kingdom - Jackson Hogg Limited

Jackson Hogg Limited

Verified Company

Durham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Jackson Hogg are exclusively partnering with a public sector organisation in Durham on the appointment of a Procurement Category Specialist to join their Corporate & Professional Services purchasing team.

This is a full time and permanent role offering £36,000-41,000 per annum DOE with excellent company benefits.

The role requires 1 day per week on site in the Durham office with hybrid working available for the rest of the week.

Benefits include:

paid CIPS study, hybrid working, flexible working hours, 13 flex days per year, 27 days holiday rising to 32 days after 5 years' service, employer pension contribution of 15%.

The Role:

To manage procurement projects and carry out tendering activities to establish the required contractual relationships and ensure that procurement spend is strategically managed to achieve social value outcomes and the continuous improvement in service delivery.
To provide professional procurement consultancy support and advice to service groupings, and partner organisations in their procurement activity for devolved procurement projects.
To provide professional procurement support to the Strategic Category Manager (s) to develop and implement category management processes to secure quality and deliver value for money.
To provide professional procurement support to the Strategic Category Manager (s) in developing strategies that are commensurate with the requirements of the Medium Term Financial Plan.
To provide professional support to the Strategic Category Manager (s) to develop and implement commercial improvement and enhance commercial activities across Corporate Procurement that align with the requirements of the commercial agenda.
To manage spend categories utilising category management processes to secure quality and deliver value for money.
To ensure that all procurement activity complies with the Strategy for Procurement and its associated policies, together with, for example, the Contract Procedure Rules and procurement best practice. This will also include providing advice and guidance to service areas and partner organisations for devolved area procurement projects.
To carry our contract management and strategic supplier relationship management activities to ensure that the optimum performance and value is achieved and the expected benefits are realised from all contractual relationships.
To work regionally and nationally and establish collaborative strategies to obtain the maximum benefits for the organisation via collaborative procurement and best practice working and the efficient use of our available resources and to include leading tender activity.
To develop and implement corporate policies, social value, procedures and internal budgetary management to meet the strategic requirements of the corporate procurement function
To develop, implement and operate a standardised contract management and strategic supplier relationship management process for the organisation.
To develop, implement and operate a supplier evaluation process to be used as a basis for continuous improvement in supplier performance
To line manage staff as and when appropriate to ensure delivery of operational and strategic objectives.

The Person/Specification:

You will need to demonstrate experience working in a procurement role ideally in a category management environment.
Ideally have a CIPS qualification, or be willing to study to attain MCIPS status.
You will be able to work well under pressure and have a clear understanding of working on a collaborative basis with different stakeholders.
You will demonstrate effective organisational skills and the ability to prioritise, as well as the ability to communicate articulately and in a confident manner to a wide range of settings.
You will have excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to negotiate.
You will be computer literate and have the ability to work both as a team and from your own initiative.