Procurement Officer || ASAP Start

Senior Procurement Officer in Folkestone needed, to join our friendly and long standing client. This will be based on a temporary contract but has every intention to turn into a permanent role. Your hourly pay rate will be £15 to £20 depending on experience.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded procurement professional to play a key role in shaping and delivering the organisation's procurement strategy, ensuring compliance, securing value for money and supporting wider corporate objectives.

Working closely with senior stakeholders and the Procurement Manager, you will lead on a range of medium to high-value and complex procurement projects, providing expert advice and guidance across the organisation.

The Role

As Senior Procurement Officer, you will take responsibility for ensuring procurement activity is delivered effectively, compliantly and in line with relevant legislation, organisational policies and best practice.

Key responsibilities will include:

Leading the preparation and delivery of medium to high-value and risk procurement exercises, ensuring compliance and value for money.

Providing expert advice and guidance on UK public procurement legislation, including the Procurement Act 2023, and relevant contract procedure rules.

Supporting the development and implementation of the organisation's procurement strategy and service plans.

Building strong relationships with internal stakeholders, external suppliers, partners and consultants.

Identifying opportunities for improved commercial outcomes, cost savings, supplier rationalisation and more effective contract management.

Developing and maintaining procurement processes, documentation, contract registers and forward procurement plans.

Monitoring procurement performance, producing management reports and tracking progress against key objectives and KPIs.

Supporting the effective use and development of e-procurement systems.

Advising on contract variations, waivers and procurement governance matters.

Promoting procurement best practice, delivering training and developing commercial awareness across the organisation.

Identifying opportunities to increase engagement with SMEs and voluntary and community sector organisations.

About You

We are looking for someone with a strong understanding of public sector procurement, excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence and deliver commercial outcomes.

You will ideally demonstrate:

CIPS Level 4 qualification or equivalent professional experience.

Strong knowledge of UK procurement legislation and its application within the public sector.

Proven experience operating at a senior procurement level within a large or complex organisation.

Experience managing procurement and contract management activities, including medium to high-value procurement exercises.

Experience using e-procurement systems and Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word, Excel and Outlook.

Excellent negotiation, communication and interpersonal skills.

The ability to influence stakeholders, gain buy-in and build effective working relationships at all levels.

Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, demanding deadlines and performance targets.

A proactive approach to identifying opportunities for improvement, delivering value for money and developing procurement capability.

Desirable: Experience within local government or the wider public sector, MCIPS qualification or working towards MCIPS, project management experience, and involvement in developing and implementing procurement strategies

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