Procurement Specialist

Focus Resourcing; Theale; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Private healthcare

Employees Assistance Programme

Electric car scheme

Job summary

Focus Resourcing is seeking an experienced Procurement Specialist for a well-established organisation based in Theale. The role entails leading contract pricing negotiations, managing supplier relationships, and supporting procurement operations across Private and NHS sites, with hybrid working and UK travel.

The successful candidate will bring CIPS Level 4, strong Excel skills, and proven procurement experience in a fast-paced environment, delivering value and cost control.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement, ideally in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience managing, negotiating, and monitoring contracts.
• Strong supplier relationship management and cost management experience.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to build strong working relationships.
• CIPS Level 4 qualification required at minimum.

Responsibilities

• Leading negotiations of contract pricing and maintenance terms.
• Managing supplier relationships and contracts to ensure quality, sustainability, and profitability.
• Supporting procurement operations across Private and NHS sites, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of purchase orders and contracts.
• Supporting bids and pricing exercises from a procurement perspective.
• Preparing reports on external service contract spend and SLA performance.
• Assisting with performance management of supplier contracts to ensure value for money.
• Managing and supporting a small team.

Skills

Contract negotiations

Supplier relationship management

Stakeholder management

Excel reporting

Procurement operations

Mentoring team members

Education

CIPS Level 4 or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Procurement Specialist to join a well-established organisation based in Theale. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced procurement professional to play a key role in managing service contracts, supplier relationships, and procurement operations.

This is a permanent position based at the Head Office in Theale, with hybrid working available and occasional UK travel.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Private healthcare
• Employees Assistance Programme
• Electric car scheme

Your role:

• Leading negotiations of contract pricing and maintenance terms
• Managing supplier relationships and contracts to ensure quality, sustainability, and profitability
• Supporting procurement operations across Private and NHS sites, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of purchase orders and contracts
• Supporting bids and pricing exercises from a procurement perspective
• Preparing reports on external service contract spend and SLA performance
• Supporting and mentoring team members, acting as first point of escalation when required
• Assisting with performance management of supplier contracts to ensure value for money
• Managing and supporting a small team

Skills / experience:

• Previous procurement experience, ideally within a fast-paced environment
• Experience managing, negotiating, and monitoring contracts
• Strong supplier relationship management and cost management experience
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills for reporting and analysis
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to build strong working relationships
• CIPS Level 4 qualified (minimum requirement)