Procurement Category Specialist (Construction)

ZipRecruiter; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading organization as a Procurement Category Specialist, contributing to high-quality, value-for-money services across significant construction projects in Scotland. The ideal candidate will manage procurement processes, ensuring compliance with regulations and maximizing efficiencies. A sector-leading benefits package and flexible working arrangements are offered.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

Excellent leave entitlements

Enhanced leave options

Contributions towards dental, optical, and driving lessons

Access to employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement for new builds and construction projects.
• Knowledge of public sector legislative procurement regulations.
• Ability to develop frameworks and manage end-to-end procurement processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement procurement strategies for new build and investment programmes.
• Manage the end-to-end procurement process for construction projects.
• Maximize commercial competitions while adhering to procurement regulations.

Skills

Procurement management

Commercial skills

Strategic sourcing

Construction contracts knowledge

Education

MCIPS qualification

Degree level education

Job description

Job Description

Duration:Permanent Role

Work Pattern:35 hours per week (Monday-Friday)

Location:Agile Home-Based Worker with travel to corporate offices and central belt building sites – up to 2/3 per week.

Salary:SCP 39-42 (£50,266-£54,210) per annum

Do you want to work with a values-driven organisation that makes a difference to people’s lives?

Come and join Wheatley Group as a Procurement Category Specialist.

About the role

Wheatley Group has a strong Procurement Team which supports a wide range of procurement requirements across the Group, to deliver high quality services and value-for-money to our customers.

We are looking for an experienced Procurement Category Specialist. To develop, agree and implement specific procurement strategies, using strategic sourcing techniques, best practice and sound contractual and commercial skills to support our growing new build and investment programmes. A key strand to this role will be working to deliver maximum output from the developer led and section 75 housing delivery, ensuring highest standards of quality, and value add outcomes are delivered. Wheatley Group is one of the UK’s most dynamic, agile and best-performing housing, care and property-management groups.

Owning and managing over 93,700 homes, Wheatley is Scotland’s largest and the UK’s fourth largest housing group and delivers award-winning services to over 210,000 people across 19 local authorities in Scotland. Wheatley employs 2,700 people directly and a further 2,000 as joint owners of one of Scotland’s largest repairs and maintenance companies, City Building (Glasgow). Over the past decade Wheatley’s Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) have created more than 11,000 jobs and 2,000 training places as they seek, with partners, to break the cycle of poverty and exclusion that many of its customers still experience.

The Group now has strategic agreements in place or being developed in six key areas of operation (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, West Lothian, East Lothian, and West Dunbartonshire) and operates within 19 Local Authority areas across central and South-West Scotland.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for an experience procurement professional who can develop effective processes and procedures for managing the creation of Group frameworks, ability to maximise commercial competitions in accordance with public sector legislative procurement regulations.

We expect the successful candidate to manage the end-to-end procurement process for the category of new build and construction projects, supporting the group's delivery of capital and investment works.

You should have a strong background in procurement with knowledge and understanding of construction contracts, the future work plan includes procurement of a Group New Build framework, a range of Investment works packages and renewal contracts.

It is essential that you qualified or working towards a MCIPS qualification and desirable that you are educated to a degree level .

The benefits we offer

We offer a sector-leading benefits package.

The successful candidate will receive:

• a rewarding career with a competitive salary;
• access to a contributory pension scheme;
• excellent leave entitlements;
• enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave;
• contributions towards dental, optical, driving lessons and more;
• access to staff networks promoting an inclusive workplace; and
• 24/7 access to our employee assistance programme.

We work hard to be an employer of choice and offer a range of flexible working options, an employee health plan and many other benefits.

Committed to

At Wheatley, are always looking to improve within our teams. We want to create an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute their best work and achieve their full potential.

We actively celebrate our individual and recognise the collective strength this brings our organisation. It’s important our teams represent the communities we serve, and we welcome applications from any under-represented groups.

For further information and to apply, please visit our website by selecting the s1jobs apply button.

Closing Date: 5pm on Friday 30thMay