Role: Procurement Officer REF 101670
Contract Length: 6 months
Location: Remote but expectation to come into the office for team meeting in person.
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: SC requested
Spinwell is recruiting for a Procurement Officer for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PROCUREMENT OFFICER
- To support the G7 Commercial Lead on all aspects of the procurement from pre – procurement, through to contract award, including all procurement activities and governance.
- Development of procurement strategies, including setting out the timetable of procurement activities and drafting the procurement strategy
- Delivery of market analysis and market engagement activity to inform the development of the above strategies and plans.
- Provide options analysis, setting out the risks and opportunities for the options.
- Develop, review and keep up to date a risk register of procurement and delivery risks relating to the procurement.
- Develop invitation to tender documentation, including statement of requirements, guide to bidders, tender evaluation strategies and methodology. Also drafting contracts, including contract schedules.
- Draft transparency notices applicable to the relevant regulations i.e PCR’ 15 and Procurement Act ’23.
- Support the development of business cases, presenting commercial options to business stakeholders and presenting commercial cases for approval at governance boards.
- Increasing market knowledge relevant to the procurements to obtain credible insights into current market capabilities, innovations and future market developments.
- Support delivery of the procurement processes, including supplier negotiations (where appropriate) in a timely and compliant manner.
- Support commercial due diligence prior to contract award.
- Support the execution of the contract in readiness for contract signature.
- Successfully hand contracts to the Maritime Contract Management Team for ongoing commercial management.
- Keep data and procurement systems (Jagger) up to date.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE PROCUREMENT OFFICER
- Demonstrable procurement skills with 2+ years’ experience working in the public sector.
- Experience of developing procurement strategies to identify compliant procurement opportunities and routes to market
- Experience of leading procurements, including further competitions from the Government Commercial Agency (formerly Crown Commercial Service (CCS)) framework agreements, and Dynamic Purchasing Systems.
- Experience of Market Engagement Activities, including events, development of questions and analysis of information to inform procurement strategies.
- Experience of working in multi-disciplined project teams with strong communication skills to influence and persuade stakeholders in relation to compliant routes to market and tender documentation.
- Experience of drafting invitation to tender documentation, contracts for contract award and managing procurement activity through e-sourcing platforms (i.e Jaggaer or similar).
If you are a Procurement Officer, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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