Procurement Officer

The client is looking to recruit a Procurement Officer for a short term temporary contract -Up until the end of April, based in Runcorn in Cheshire. The successful Procurement Officer will have the relevant skills and experience specified below. Please Note: This assignment sits inside of |IR35. Job Description; Individuals must have CIPS / ICCM or equivalent experience, ideally within a public sector procurement organisation; a high level of stakeholder engagement expertise and used to working on multiple projects in a fast-paced complex environment; excellent project management & IT skills in particular full Office Suite and strong influencing skills to work with our critical supplier base & our key stakeholders Minimum Requirement: • Public sector procurement experience – extensive and in a responsible capacity. • Experience/evidence of managing large scale processes (tenders) at pace. • Demonstrate ability to deliver above under own initiative. Maternity cover MS applications Bravo Select will be guided They go out to tender on BRAVO (dealt by the sourcing team not this role) and this person works to a work plan and this individual is in charge of the specification and getting approval for a business case which they will dradt. Including costs and saving. Once tender closes they have to look at the compliant bids and then they need to go through a panel, made up of procurement and pharmacists and will pull a judication document and will run through with the teams what bid should they go, This is then passed onto another member of the team. The overseeing of the process and makin sure that all suppliers are able to carry out what they promise and any shortfall goes back through the process. The successful candidate will have a valid DBS or be willing to apply for one on CV submission. If a job offer is made we will confirm further details in relation to the clearance level requested for this assignment. Please Note: The lower pay rate advertised in this job description is the highest PAYE daily/hourly pay rate that the client is willing to pay up to. The higher pay rate advertised in this job description is the highest Umbrella Company daily/hourly pay rate that the client is willing to pay up to.