Procurement Catering Specialist

Crescent Purchasing Ltd; Bedford; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization in the UK is seeking an experienced Procurement Catering Specialist to join their team. This role involves managing multiple procurement projects in the education sector and ensuring compliance with procurement regulations. The ideal candidate will have experience in catering procurement, excellent organizational skills, and a commitment to making a difference in public sector procurement. The organization offers competitive salary, benefits, and remote working opportunities.

Benefits

Salary up to £45,000 FTE

Generous bonuses

Local government pension scheme

38 days holiday

Mental health support

Qualifications

• Experience tendering for outsourced catering services.
• Ability to ensure compliance with PCR-2015 and the Procurement Act 2023.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple procurement projects in catering for the education sector.
• Tender a wide array of goods and services through various routes.
• Ensure compliance with relevant procurement regulations.

Skills

Procurement experience in catering

Knowledge of Public Procurement Act 2023

Ability to manage multiple projects

Job description

Are you an experienced Procurement Catering Professional with public sector experience looking for your next role?

Do you want to make a real difference in the education sector?

Then we have an exciting role for you working within a growing charity organisation!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Procurement Catering Specialist to join our expanding team and organisation. We are committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and we are interested in you as an individual. We are looking for a highly organised professional with a positive attitude, dedicated to achieving excellence in public sector procurement.

Who are we?

Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) is a not-for-profit purchasing consortium that produces compliant purchasing frameworks and provides specialist advice on spending practices and value for money. Our longstanding history and dedication has earned CPC a reputation for excellence, allowing us to support public sector organisations with a combined non‑pay spend of £441m throughout the 2023/24 financial year alone.

What makes us different?

We are an award‑winning organisation recognised and certified as a "Great Place to Work". We offer a collaborative, exciting environment where your ideas are heard and valued, competitive salaries, benefits, and opportunities for career development. We are making a real difference and you can be a part of it!

What's the role?

This role is part of the CPC Consultancy On Demand team which্র specializes in delivering ad‑hoc catering procurement projects to the education sector, as well as wider publicınca and private sectors via Crescent Services. You will manage multiple procurement projects simultaneously, tendering a wide array of goods and services through various routes to market, while ensuring LIMIT compliance with editar32:05 parametre and the Procurement Act 2023. rice p>

Ideal candidates have experience tendering for outsourced catering services or a catering professional with some procurement knowledge who wishes to gain more expertise.

Person Specification

• Procurement experience in catering within the public or education sector. • Knowledge of the PublicDetalact Margarit 2023. • Ability to manage multiple projects and ensure compliance with PCR‑2015 and the Procurement Act 2023.

In return for your dedication, we offer a wide range of benefits

• Salary of up to £45,000 FTE per annum, depending on experience.
• Generous yearly discretionary bonuses following successful probation.
• Remote working with visits to clients on‑site when required.
• Access to a local government pension scheme which includes death‑in‑service and ill‑health benefits.
• Opportunities крат gauge through in‑house development programs and external learning to achieve MCIPS.
• 38 days holiday (including three additional days for Christmasפערי closure and bank holidays).< /li>
• Time off for volunteering opportunities.
• Enhanced leave packages such as paid sickness, carer leave, bereavement, compassionate leave and maternity pay.
• Support for wellbeing with access to eight mental health first aiders and an Employee Assistance Programme.
• Chance to join working groups such as Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Wellbeing and Sustainability.
• Opportunities to join Women’s, Men’s and Carer employee support networks.
• Social and employee events throughout summer and at Christmas.
levarded "giving‑back" program to community.
• Travel expenses covered for any required travel outside your contracted place of work.

Next Steps

The deadline to apply is Sunday 18th January 2026

Following a successful application, we will invite selected candidates to an interview via Teams with our hiring managers. We may close vacancies early due to high response, so please apply promptly.

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Please note that VISA sponsorship is not offered for this role.

We are a disability‑confident employer. If you require adjustments to support your application – for example, information in a different format or accessibility assistance – please contact us at [e-mail].

Equal Opportunities

Crescent Purchasing Consortium is an equal opportunities employer committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees. We do not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.