Senior Procurement Officer in Brentford, London

Senior Procurement Officer - Essex - 3 Months - £300 p/d

ARM have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Procurement Officer to join a local government organisation on an initial 3 month basis.

The role is responsible for developing, monitoring and maintaining a comprehensive procurement advice function.

Responsibilities:

* To provide professional and specialist advice and support to staff and promote procurement best practice.
* To lead and report to the sponsor on any project working groups to deliver against a range of procurement considerations.
* To ensure the Council's approved procurement procedures are complied with.
* To maintain and manage a comprehensive contract register to enable procurement savings and opportunities to be identified.
* To advertise tenders and coordinate responses in accordance with EU regulations.
* Review the Council's Procurement Strategy on a regular basis to ensure compliance with the National Procurement Strategy.
* Prepare reports on category spend analysis to assist in identifying potential savings.
* Write and maintain procedure notes for the Procurement function, ensuring all Audit recommendations are followed.
* To work on any other improvement projects throughout the Council where procurement or financial processing input is needed.

Requirements:

* At least three years' experience or working in a Procurement environment.
* At least three years' experience of managing staff to be able to manage project teams to deliver required outcomes and outputs.
* Detailed knowledge of the financial framework in which local government operates.
* Thorough working knowledge and understanding of requirements of Local Government Procurement, and EU Procurement Regulations
* Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, being able to write reports and give presentations to officers.
* Analytical skills, being able to find solutions to problems.
* Competent in use of Word, Outlook and Excel and financial systems
* Project management skills and ability to lead a project team consisting of a range of senior managers across the organisation.

This vacancy is being advertised by Advanced Resource Managers. ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions.

Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.