Procurement Officer

TN United Kingdom; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join a dynamic procurement team within a leading organization focused on strategic and sustainable procurement projects. This role is ideal for experienced procurement professionals who thrive in fast-paced environments and are eager to tackle the unique challenges of policing. Join a team recognized for excellence in procurement, offering excellent opportunities for personal development and career progression. Contribute to impactful projects while working collaboratively with various partners to deliver best value procurement solutions that align with organizational goals.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement with a focus on construction and consultancy contracts.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and directives in procurement.

Responsibilities

• Support Category Managers in providing efficient procurement services.
• Develop specifications and manage contracts in line with organizational goals.

Skills

Procurement Management

Construction Contracts

NEC and SBCC Terms

Contract Management

Specification Development

Education

Relevant Procurement Qualification

Job description

Job advert

Due to a planned substantial increase in capital investment, particularly in relation to Police Scotland's Estate Masterplan, Police Scotland has taken the decision to strengthen its procurement team in a number of areas. 10 additional roles have been created to add to current resources and facilitate the formation of an additional category team. This will enable the separation of the current combined corporate and estates category team into two dedicated category teams, one for each of the corporate and estates areas. Each team will consist of a Category Manager and a range of Senior Procurement Specialists, Procurement Specialists, Procurement Officers, and Procurement Assistants (circa team of 9-11 members for each category). This will ensure that the procurement team can meet the demand for increased capital expenditure in the most efficient and effective way possible to ensure that Police Scotland achieves its long-term vision for policing.

Whilst the final allocation of roles/existing staff to teams has not been carried out, it is anticipated that there will be 1 x role available in the Estates category and 1 x role available in the Corporate category; therefore, previous experience in construction contracts, use of terms such as NEC and SBCC, professional services/consultancy contracts, and developing national contracts would be desirable.

This is an exciting opportunity for experienced procurement professionals to join a thriving and expanding procurement team who recently won the GO Awards Scotland Procurement Team of the Year award following a period of improvement and reorganisation. The reorganised Police Scotland procurement team provides excellent opportunities for personal development and career progression within the team. Policing is a fast-paced, dynamic environment, and the Authority is looking to attract candidates for this role who will relish the unique challenges that policing brings, working with a variety of partners across the organisation to deliver sustainable, strategic, and best value procurement projects and activities.

To support the Category Managers with efficient and effective provision of procurement services, developing specifications, arranging, and managing contracts in line with overall organisational goals and compliant with relevant legislation and directives.

Applicants must be a British citizen, a member of the EU or other states in the EEA, a Commonwealth citizen, or a foreign national free of restrictions. You should have been resident in the UK for a minimum of three years immediately prior to application for this role.