Procurement Officer
- Location: Pencoed, Bridgend
- Salary: £22,000 – £27,000
- Working hours: Full time
- Status:Permanent
Background
As an organisation 2buy2 works on behalf of our customers throughout the UK to secure financial savings on their day-to-day costs - enabling them to use that money where it matters most. Our highest priority is focusing on achieving savings, adding value and to provide excellent customer service to all our customers.
What 2buy2 wants from our Procurement Officer:
Reporting to the Operations Procurement Manager, the role is responsible for supporting delivery of 2buy2’s procurement service and acting as the procurement support for a number of procurement projects and activities. This is a key position that will work with both the public and private sectors and will require someone who has experience of public procurement regulations,plus the ability to ensure compliance when delivering value.
Responsibilitieswill include:
-Contribute to the development of our category management strategies across our professional services area of spend.
-Support our procurement telephone help desk and provide insight and advice in analysing, planning, supporting, and reviewing procurement across 2buy2.
-Provide assistance and support our Purchasing Health Check process for analysing spend and contract management.
-Proactively build, develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across the business.
-Support Category Specialist’s to develop and lead the procurement strategy for various assigned spend categories.
-Undertake market intelligence and analysis activities in regard to supplier selection.
-Support bid activities from writing tenders to evaluation to selection and provide cost breakdown analysis and quotation analysis.
-Undertake and support sourcing and tendering activities
-Support the creation and delivery of appropriate contracts.
-Work within the procurement team to build effective key stakeholder and cross functional relationships.
-Follow best practice in all areas of procurement management and compliance.
-Ensure compliance and mitigate risk and liability to 2buy2 and to our clients wherever possible.
-Be involved in developing procurement processes and procedures.
-Support the selection and on-boarding process for new suppliers, plus conducting all relevant checks.
-Manage non-critical category accounts and spends.
-Assist with the development and delivery of procurement training sessions.
-Support the Procurement Team in various project delivery work.
-Some travel will be required.
Other skills we’re looking for:
As a member of the Procurement Team you will need to have a good commercial awareness, excellent communication and relationship management skills with an ability to work as part of a team as well as on an individual level. At 2buy2 this means that a Procurement Officer needs the following to work effectively:
-Working knowledge of public sector procurement, purchasing via frameworks, tendering and OJEU compliant procurement processes is an advantage.
-Good commercial and negotiation skills.
-Ability to work within a cross functional team.
-CIPS qualified or working towards qualification.
What we can offer you:
In addition to a competitive salary we are offering the opportunity to work for a company that is experiencing a period of exciting growth. You will also get;
-28 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
-Opportunities for further professional development
-3 days paid mission leave per annum to support a charity of your choice
-Pension
-On site gym and subsidised canteen
-Other benefits
Want to know more?
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