Brief Description of job role and department Commercial & Procurement Officer
Based in the Councils Commercial & Procurement Team whose purpose is to lead and deliver the Council's approach to Outcome Based Commissioning, and to provide high quality support, advice and assurance for the rest of the Council to enable it to deliver its wider responsibilities.
As Senior Commercial & Procurement Officer you will be responsible for providing procurement advice, support and guidance to Commissioners and from all directorates across the organisation and the Councils Arms-Length Management Organisation, Sutton Housing Partnership.
You will also be responsible for ensuring that the organisation has the required controls in place to ensure that procurement activity is carried out in an open and transparent way in line with relevant legislation and best practise.
You will lead on projects to interrogate Council spend, identifying areas of discussion with Contract Managers regarding procurement options and / or potential cost savings.
Representative accountabilities Commercial & Procurement Officer
- Deliver a defined set of procurement and contracting activities to ensure tasks are delivered within agreed timescales and statutory/regulatory requirements.
- Collect and analyse information from a variety of sources and carry out analysis to assist more senior colleagues.
- Identify and implement improvements in own work area in order to deliver continuous service improvement and improved outcomes to customers.
- Regularly communicate with colleagues, partners and service providers to share information and build working relationships to support collaborative working.
- Keep up to date with changes in relevant policy and legislation to ensure delivery in your own work area is effective and complies with appropriate regulations/statutory guidance.
Role Profile - Details Specific to Job Family Commercial & Procurement Officer
These roles provide a broad service that sets policy and provides advice to support and assure all of the councils day to day activities.
They gather information required by other groups to make strategic decisions and translate this into corporate policy and strategic advice.
They have little or no direct accountability for outcomes; however, what they are accountable for is the quality of advice they provide to business leaders.
Role Profile - Details Specific to Grade Commercial & Procurement Officer
These roles will have accountability for achieving clearly specified and measurable results either personally or through the leadership of a team.
Will be dealing with complex problems and issues within the boundaries of technical or professional skill and knowledge.
Will make recommendations on procedural improvements and other initiatives to enhance team performance.
Roles requiring a level of professional expertise to assure a standard or provide expert advice to others.
Person specification Commercial & Procurement Officer: (knowledge, skills, experience and behaviours required in the role)
Knowledge/Experience/Qualifications/Training
- Knowledge of the Procurement cycle and the application of an outcomes based commissioning approach
- Skills, knowledge in tendering and the procurement of goods and services.
- Understanding of procurement legislation and best practice
- Understanding of corporate governance frameworks
- Experience of conducting contract tendering exercises from initial preparation through to contract award is desirable
- Experience working in Public Sector procurement is desirable
- Experience of working with ETender systems (particularly Pro Contract) would be desirable