Procurement Officer

Overview

Procurement Officer, working with and reporting to Procurement Managers, support research staff on all their complex procurement projects.

Responsibilities

• Draft and Publish Tender Documents compliant with UK Public Sector Procurement Regulations.
• Maintaining Contract folders in a regulated environment with clear audit trail.
• Undertake multiple procurement sourcing/contracting actions as required using the most appropriate route to market in line with UKRI Procurement Policy.
• Provide advice when requirement must be directed to the shared service centre.
• Support Procurement Managers in Tender Evaluation Moderation Meetings.
• Provide local expertise and support to end-users to undertake a range of procurement tasks (varying in both value and complexity) including sourcing and contracting.

Requirements

• MCIPS Qualified or relevant experience or willingness to work towards MCIPS (S).
• Experience of working in a commercial role in an organisation in a regulated environment, working to standard operating procedures (S).
• Experience of using IT systems in a commercial role (S).
• Experience of updating and keeping organised records (S&I).
• Clear written English for accurately drafting contracts (S).
• Understand the context and meaning of terms and conditions (S).
• Be customer focused, able to deal with key stakeholder questions and queries (S&I).
• Willingness to adopt new practices in a changing regulatory environment (I).
• Accountable and forthcoming in communication to solve problems as a team (I).

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