Positive Employment is currently recruiting for a Procurement Officer for our client a local government organisation in Kensington.
The successful candidate will be a 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.
- Staying 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 with 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.
- Identification of 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.
- 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.
- Experiences 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 / 9:00am – 17:00pm / Monday to Friday
Pay: £22.01 per hr
Please note this role is within the scope of IR35.
