Corporate Procurement Technical Officer - Durham, United Kingdom - The Jeya Group Ltd

The Jeya Group Ltd

Verified Company

Durham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking for Corporate Procurement Technical Officer that will: provide professional procurement technical support to the organisation to support the establishment, development and ongoing performance of a proactive, modern and strategic Corporate Procurement function suitable to meet the requirements of the unitary authority.

To provide technical support to help the function to ensure that all procurement decisions of the Council help to deliver the Council Plan objectives by demonstrating value for money and the effective use of resources and to ensure that procurement spend is managed strategically to achieve community benefits and the continuous improvement in service delivery.
This generic and flexible role will cover a wide range of duties and responsibilities and is required to operate flexibly and interchangeably across all areas of procurement activity for the organisation.
The role will include crossfunctional working with all service areas and external partners and will require regional and national collaborative relationships to be established.
The role may require temporary secondments to projects or other service areas in order to support the organisation's objectives and will require a significant amount of flexibility to maximise the use of the Corporate Procurement resources.

Duties and responsibilities:

To provide support to procurement projects to assist to ensure that all procurement spend is managed strategically to achieve sustainable community benefits and continuous improvement in service delivery.
To provide projectspecific support to the officer lead for sustainable procurement.
To provide professional procurement consultancy support and advice to service areas, and partner organisations in their procurement activity for devolved procurement projects.
To develop and deliver procurement training activities to all procurement staff, Members including in service areas and partner organisations.
Making payments to organisations and making collection of service level agreement charges and rebates in an effective and efficient manner in accordance with agreed timescales.
To develop and present information, presentation data, benchmarking data and general procurement data and information.
To deliver small procurement, purchasing and contracting projects.
To assist in the preparation of various procurement policies, procurement systems, procurement processes and code of practice/tool kits.
To maintain a library of various elements of procurement data and information.
To liaise with other County Council departments and external partners and attend meetings with internal and external agencies as required.
In support of procurement activities to arrange meetings, venues, events, liaising with attendees/organisations, and supporting the event.
To establish, manage and maintain the corporate procurement data systems to ensure that all relevant information is managed and retrieved efficiently.
To manage general and confidential procurement enquiries and correspondence on behalf of the Corporate Procurement team.
To carry out general procurement research and studies and to acquire and continually update knowledge of the legislation and policies and procedures of the Service in respect of relevant area of work.
To support category Procurement Officers relevant to procurement evaluations and assessments
To identify and develop improvements in procurement delivery across the function.
To line manage staff as and when appropriate to ensure delivery of operational and strategic objectives.
CIPS part qualified to Diploma Level 4 or other equivalent level qualification with a commitment to achieve CIPS Diploma Level 4 within a mutually agreed timescale
Knowledge of the latest best procurement practices and approaches.
A good background in general finance and business activities
Knowledge of public sector procurement.
Strong ICT capability in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Positive, enthusiastic and flexible approach with good interpersonal and relationship management skills
Willingness to work on own initiative and also as part of a multifunctional team
Strong commitment to the achievement of targets and a strong customer quality philosophy
Access to a car or means of mobility support (if driving then must have a current valid driving licence and appropriate insurance).
May be required to work outside of normal office hours.