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Procurement Officer

Permanent, Full Time (37 hours per week)

Up to £29,640 per annum – pay award pending

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style: Anywhere worker

Closing Date: 15th February 2023

Please note the working style for this role is an Anywhere Worker but we will require you to attend the office in Chelmsford on average 1-2 days a week around business need

The Role

This is an exciting role in the corporate team where your focus will be technology buying and supplier management. You will be joining a team of approx. 25 procurement professionals. The Procurement Officer will support the Procurement function in various aspects, including managing and fielding supplier queries, supporting market engagement events, providing contract administration, as well as working on lower level sourcing and contract management activities. The Procurement Officer will also support the delivery of research and analysis which informs category plans and potential improvements to the management of suppliers and markets. The individual will seek opportunities to remove waste, implement technologies and automate processes within existing contractual restrictions.

You will receive excellent opportunities for learning and development as well as opportunities to progress and you should expect to work at a fast pace and multitask.

The role requires good analytical skills to explore alternative solutions which meet customer requirements. Good stakeholder management is also key.

Accountabilities

• Manage responses to supplier queries, co-ordinating the support to market engagement events and providing contract administration.

• Lead on the delivery and development of contract and supplier amendment and update processes including, contract notations, price uplifts and on boarding new suppliers to ECC, liaising with internal and external stakeholders as appropriate.

• Manage contracts to ensure that performance standards are achieved and any contractual, commercial or market risks are identified, and appropriate mitigations put in place.

• Deal effectively with supplier correspondence, ensuring that messaging is conducted in a fair, transparent, and auditable manner.

• Lead the delivery of low risk sourcing processes, ensuring compliance with the Authority’s Procurement Policy and Procedures.

• Lead the development, planning and delivery of improvement projects, ensuring effective stakeholder management and compliance with existing contractual requirements.

• Adopt a continuous improvement approach to systems and processes to support the development of best practice for wider department benefit.

• Plan and implement a risk-based programme of contract compliance audits in conjunction with specialist areas of the organisation such as Internal Audit, Corporate Health and Safety, Corporate Risk, and Information Governance.

• Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

The Experience You Will Bring

• Commercial and procurement skills. Experience of managing suppliers, willingness to work and study hard. Self starter with the ability to be flexible, come up with ideas and work both independently and as part of a team.

• Educated to ‘A’ Level standard and/or qualification by experience of working in a commercial environment.

• Experience of running low level tenders with a working knowledge of public sector procurement law and experience of managing lower level contracts and monitoring and improving performance and mitigating risks.

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel. Solid working knowledge of PowerPoint and MS Word.

• Appreciation of working in a political environment and an ability to understand and respond to different perspectives.

• Strong communication; verbal, written and presentation skills.

• Strong customer focus with a drive to provide a valued service.

• Interest in pursuing a career in procurement and either studying for or wishing to study for CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply) accreditation.

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What you should do next

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website.

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