The Role
This is a 12m FTC (with the potential to go permanent) offering full time, hybrid role offering flexible working within the public sector.
The procurement specialist will work along side a well established procurement department including category managers, senior procurement officers and procurement officers.
Daily duties include:
- Providing commercial advice and guidance to key internal stakeholders
- Spend analysis
- Identify procurement and commercial opportunities across department
- Oversee and manage several projects at one time (ranging in different values and complexity) as per strict deadlines
- Able to give legally, procurement and commercial advice/ support to the key internal stakeholders- taking into account the policies of all stakeholders, as well as guidelines for public procurement.
The Business
Nigel Wright Procurement and Supply Chain are working exclusively with a public sector organisation seeking to employ a Procurement Specialist for a minimum 12 month fixed term contract (with the potential to go permanent)
The Client will support hybrid - working, typically 1 or 2 days per week office-based.
The Individual
The successful Procurement Specialist will be/ have:
- Prior public sector experience is essential
- Indirect purchasing experience required
- Someone who can work effectively with change
- Strong communicator who can effectively engage with key stakeholders
- Hunger to learn
- Resilient, outgoing individual who can hold their own
- Collaborative team player
- Experience in contract management