Procurement Officer

Positive Employment is currently recruiting for a Procurement Officer for our client, a local government organisation in Kensington. The successful candidate will be an officer experienced in the use of the Oracle System and New Supplier Set up. The client is currently moving across to a new ERP system (K&C Oracle), and within this system, the Strategic Procurement Team will lead on New Supplier Set up (as it did under the old SAP system). The role can be part-time (minimum 3 days) or full-time (36 hrs). Those applicants wishing to work full-time hours will also need to support the team on lesser complex procurements (framework call-offs or mini-competitions) by supporting the relevant service areas. The officer will work with our other 2 Procurement Officers who will also support New Supplier set up one day per week, and so collaborating on embedding this new process will be key. This role is initially a 3 month contract with the possibility to extend. This role is hybrid working.

Duties and Responsibilities but not limited to:

• Collaborate effectively with colleagues within the Strategic Procurement team to deliver a cost-effective, seamless service to customers.
• Stay in touch with our stakeholders to facilitate a seamless service and to foster good working relationships and confidence in the procurement service.
• Support the delivery of the organisation’s Commissioning and Procurement Strategy, objectives and agreed work plans.
• Work closely with Finance colleagues regarding processing of supplier set up requests.
• Provide excellent support for financial system modules including Supplier Master record maintenance.
• Support contract management processes including catalogue maintenance, contract register and contract management system.
• Provide information for contract spend and other management reports, as and when required.
• Identify problem areas, providing analysis and suggestions on issue resolution.
• Provide procurement advice and support to officers in support of their roles in the delivery of high-class service to residents and service users whilst recommending sources of supply/savings opportunities via the uptake of national, regional and local contracts.
• Provide operational and procedural advice to customers on quotations, tendering and all such requirements of Council contract regulations and Procurement code.

Personal Requirements:

• Experience of working within a procurement environment.
• High degree of computer literacy, including a good knowledge of Excel for data manipulation.
• Knowledge of Procurement principles, policies, and practices, including some understanding of the complexity of public procurement.
• Some understanding of how an Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Income Management System and Accounting to Reporting processes work.
• Experience and knowledge of procurement, finance and contract management systems, and ability to produce reports using multiple criteria and extract and re-use data in Microsoft Office products, data maintenance and manipulation.

Working Hours: 36hrs / 9:00 am - 17:00 pm / Monday to Friday
Pay: £22.01 per hr
Please note this role is within the scope of IR35.