Senior Procurement Officer

Leicester City Council; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

LGPS

City buses discounts

Job summary

Leicester City Council in City Hall is seeking a Senior Procurement Officer to drive value for money through procurement, tendering and contract management across goods, works and services. You will lead on higher value/highly complex contracts, advise on procurement law and manage supplier communications.

The role includes coaching junior team members, supporting continuous improvement, and operating in a hybrid model with some office-based and remote work.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement, tendering and contract management processes.
• Knowledge of contract law and value-for-money principles.
• Ability to review tender responses and present reports to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead on procurement activity including high value/complex contracts.
• Provide expert advice and respond to complex queries from suppliers.
• Coach and supervise junior team members in best practices and progression.

Skills

Procurement

Tendering

Contract management

Contract law

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

IT systems

Tools

Tendering systems

Job description

Reference: REQ8172

Description: Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent Join our procurement team to become a key member of our fast-paced highly dynamic service, procuring a whole host of important and interesting contracts for goods works and services across a range of sectors. If you an experienced procurement specialist looking to develop your career within a supportive environment and where continuous improvement is key, then we would love to hear from you.

About The Role

This is the perfect role to use your expertise of procurement, tendering and contract management processes, as well as knowledge of contract law, to drive value for money and ensure procurement supports the delivery of our corporate priorities. You’ll be involved in and influence a range of critical procurement projects, providing expert advice and responding to complex queries. You’ll lead on procurement activity more independently including those of higher value and higher complexity, managing communications with suppliers and working with legal specialists. As the Senior Procurement Officer, you’ll coach, support and supervise junior members of the team, playing an active role in their growth and progression. This includes providing guidance on best practices, sharing technical knowledge, offering constructive feedback and helping them build the skills and confidence needed to succeed within the procurement function.

About You

You’ll be highly organised, with the ability to prioritise time and objectives. With strong analytical skills you’ll be able to review information presented within tender responses and evaluations to identify the best value. In addition, you’ll have excellent communication skills, ability to present statistical or technical reports and liaise with both internal and external stakeholders. Using proficient IT skills you’ll be able to use and manage our IT tendering systems for advertising contracts. You’ll have knowledge and experience relevant to a specific category specialism, e.g., Goods, Works and Services, including Procurement Act 2023 training (TPP) or commitment to complete this within 4 weeks of starting. The roles are subject to a DBS check and Right to Work check. We are unable to offer sponsorship with this role.

About Us

We recognise the importance of balancing work and home life and offer a range of flexibility in hybrid working being both office-based or working remotely from home to suit your needs and those of your clients. The team currently attends City Hall for a minimum of two days a week, where you will join them. You’ll enjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexibleworking. In addition, you can choose fromseveralflexible benefits,including discounts on city buses. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package,take a look at ourbenefits calculator.

Join us

We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly talented workforce as we continue to build acouncil that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed ourrecruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with yourapplication,take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.

Contact

For a chat about this post please contact [e-mail] or [e-mail]

Interview/Assessments will take place on the 12th, 13th and/or 14th October 2026

Region: Central

Location: City Hall

Salary: GBP 44,253 - GBP 47,665 per year

Package: Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement) GBP 64,694

Contractual hours: 37

Basis: Full time,