Buyer
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Location
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
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Sector:
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Job type:
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Salary:
£22000 - £26000 per annum
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Contact:
Stuart Brown
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Contact email:
stuart.brown@1st-executive.com
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Salary high:
26000
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Salary low:
22000
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Job ref:
11348_1523284755
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Published:
about 6 years ago
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Expiry date:
2018-05-09
1st Executive is recruiting on behalf of a high-profile Public Services institution. Our client seeks to recruit a Buyer to look after the Educational category - this is an exciting opportunity to join an organisation investing heavily in the the procurement function
Role:
Your goal is to ensure that spend potential is maximised across the breadth of the function
- Working closely with key stakeholders to ensure alignment, deliver value for money and achieve the strategic aims.
- Implementation of procurement strategy and objectives such as spend profiling, opportunity analysis and procurement benchmarking, smarter sourcing in relation to both pre and post tender processes.
- Deliver and manage procurement's above a specified spend level from source to contract, and overseeing the effective implementation of the contract award process
- Delivering Key Cross Functional Projects across the business
Experience:
- Experience working in the Public Sector is preferred
- Experience of delivering end to end tender exercises in line with OJEU
- Experience looking after an educational procurement function is advantageous
- Ideally, Degree and CIPS qualified/working toward