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Procurement Officer

Finegreen

Manchester

Remote

GBP 30,000 - 60,000

Full time

27 days ago

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Job summary

An established NHS organization is seeking to enhance its Procurement Team with a dedicated professional. This role primarily focuses on developing and implementing procurement policies while providing expert advice and support for procurement activities. The successful candidate will manage supplier negotiations and monitor internal controls, ensuring effective governance over non-pay expenditures. Join a forward-thinking organization that values quality and sustainability in procurement practices, where your expertise can make a significant impact on the efficiency of operations.

Qualifications

  • Experience in procurement within complex organizations is essential.
  • NHS experience is a plus but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and monitor procurement policies and quality assurance procedures.
  • Manage supplier negotiations and ensure governance over expenditures.

Skills

Procurement Experience
Negotiation Skills
Quality Assurance

Job description

This NHS organisation is looking to bolster capacity in their Procurement Team. The role will be mainly remote.

Main responsibilities:

  1. Develop, implement and monitor policies for managing programmes of work and quality assurance procedures;
  2. Provide a professional resource for procurement activity and act as a source of advice of procurement expertise;
  3. Provide dedicated support for the procurement of information supplies;
  4. Manage negotiations with suppliers and legal representatives;
  5. Monitor internal controls that underpin the governance arrangements particularly those that relate to governance over non-pay expenditure;
  6. Develop internal capabilities within contract managers to help ensure sustainability of good practice after contract has been completed.

Successful postholder:

  1. Procurement experience in a complex organisation;
  2. NHS experience is desirable but not essential.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your CV and availability to (url removed).

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