Description
Procurement Specialist | Duration - 6 months | Day rate - Circa £300 | Inside of IR35
Harvey Nash's client are currently looking to recruit a Procurement Specialist to join their team for an initial duration of 6 months. The client is based in the Motherwell area, and the role will be predominantly home working with occasional travel to Stirling required.
Main Duties:
- Perform a key role in the delivery of client's deliverables through the sourcing, negotiation, and management of contracts across multiple Portfolios, providing specialist procurement support and identifying and delivering value added opportunities. The postholder will also lead the relationship with at least one Portfolio in the organisation.
- Provide assistance to the organisation in the form of expert and professional Procurement and commercial advice, supporting contract and strategy development and managing any contractual claims to a satisfactory conclusion, assuring at all times that client's interests are protected.
- Work with stakeholders to identify and deliver value adding opportunities for assigned portfolio, incorporating the portfolio needs. Monitor contracts under the capital expenditure programme to ensure delivery and financial commitments achieved. Report anticipated under/over expenditure to the Sustainable Procurement Manager and Deputy Head of Finance.
Essential Skills:
- Need to understand structure, strategy and expenditure plans.
- Technical knowledge of procurement, methods/techniques
- Relationship management with senior staff internally and at external bodies and suppliers
- EU/Treasury/Scot Exec law relating to Public sector expenditure.
- Generation and interpretation of Terms and Conditions for purchasing goods, works and services
- Communication and negotiation skills
- Working towards Chartered Institute of Purchase and Supply membership or similar
- Relevant business related degree or equivalent
- Relevant professional experience. Procurement and/or commercial
- Budgetary management experience
- Use of relevant equipment and systems eg Public Contracts Scotland, Contracts Finder, etc.
- Customer and/or supplier relationship management experience:
- Contracts and formal letters to suppliers
- Tender evaluations and internal reports
- Supplier negotiations & building rapport with key stakeholders
- Internal and external meetings
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