Interim Senior Procurement Officer

Job Opportunity

Interim Senior Procurement Officer (Adult Social Care Commissioning Team) – South of England

A local authority client of mine in the South of England are currently on the lookout for an Interim Senior Procurement Officer to join on an initial 6 month contract and focus on procuring predominantly within Adult Social Care Commissioning.

Job Role

Interim Senior Procurement Officer

Contract Duration: 6 Months (highly likely to extend further).

Location: South of England

Rate: DOE

IR35: Inside IR35.

Hybrid

minimum 1 day per fortnight in office.

Days : 5 days per week (could also consider min 3.5 days per week).

Earliest Start Date: ASAP

Main duties

• Running significant multi million pound procurements.
• Engaging into project boards with directors and high level financial officers and looking at options appraisals.
• Assisting service areas in undertaking effective supplier relationship management.
• Providing mentoring and support and as needed hands on operational support into Adult Social Care Contracting team.
• Very much a strategic and hands on position.

Candidates

• MCIPS (CIPS Level 6) qualified.
• Minimum X3 years public sector procurement experience (ideally for a local authority).
• Must have end to end procurement experience, experience with provider selection regimes and touch regimes.
• It is desired that candidates have experience procuring within Adult Social Care/Commissioning but this isn’t essential.

Interviews

The client will be looking to host interviews ASAP therefore if you match the above criteria and are interested then please don't hesitate to reach out and send your CV to daniel.worthington@g2recruitment.com or call me on 0115 666 6399.