Procurement Officer

£33180

Essex County Council, Chelmsford

Full time
Temporary
Remote working

Posted 4 days ago, 7 Nov | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 0fc536b6835d4cef950d376a817fc092

Full Job Description

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 novations, 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.

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 with 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.
A positive attitude: a 'can do' approach, good work ethic and willingness to learn
Interest in pursuing a career in procurement and either studying for or wishing to study for CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply) accreditation.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Procurement Officer

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