Description
My client based on the outskirts of Cardiff are urgently looking for a contract ICT Category specialist to join the team to help with an on going project.
The ICT Category Specialist will contribute to the development of the procurement category management strategy across full areas of spend.
This is a key position that will work with both the public and private sectors and follow public sector procurement regulations and require someone with the ability to ensure we are achieving value while following compliance. This is outside of IR35.
The suitable ICT procurement professional will have a proven track record of delivering efficiencies, savings and other value-added benefits. You will support us in all of their commercial, procurement, tendering and contract management activities. You will have a good knowledge of all applicable UK and EU procurement legislation, and strong project management skills.
You will have MCIPS or equivalent experience, ideally within a public sector procurement organisation, have a high level of stakeholder engagement expertise and will be used to working on multiple projects. You will also have excellent project management and IT skills, in particular CRM database experience. In addition, you will have strong influencing skills to work with our critical supplier base and key stakeholders.
You will be able to demonstrate excellent communication and stakeholder engagement competencies, and will have the ability to work alongside and support service teams across our client base in the delivery of their critical projects.
Responsibilities will include:
- Undertake consultancy work with our client base to review, improve and deliver best practice procurement policies and procedures across their organisation.
- Lead the development and implementation of category management strategy across the business
- Involved in leading and managing complex contracting solutions, spend aggregation strategies and collaborative procurement initiatives.
- Provide advice and guidance for contract management.
- Understanding market intelligence and undertake analysis activities in regards to supplier selection
- Manage bid activities from writing tenders to evaluation to selection, and provide cost breakdown analysis and quotation analysis
- Undertake sourcing and tendering activities
- Lead on e-sourcing strategies for relevant Category spends
- Ensure compliance in all areas of procurement activity
- Ensure commercial targets are achieved against the business plan for Category Spend.
- Proactively work and build effective key stakeholder and cross functional relationships is essential along with excellent commercial and negotiation skills
- Mitigate risk and liability to the Company and to our clients wherever possible
- Some travel will be required.
The Category Specialist needs the following to work effectively:
- Experience of tendering and understanding or working knowledge of OJEU tendering processes and Public Contract Regulations 2015
- Experience of working on and leading collaborative procurement projects
- Ability to work within a cross functional team
- Ability to work with external Public Sector Buying Organisations (PSBOs)
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