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Snr Procurement Specialist | 6 Month Contract | (Inside IR35) | Hybrid, Edinburgh/Glasgow | Starting ASAP
Day Rate: DOE
About The Role
As a Senior Procurement Specialist, you will play a crucial role in ensuring compliance with the public procurement regulations, identifying opportunities for savings and benefits and to contribute to the wider government agenda including improving business for SMEs, equality awareness and delivering the sustainability agenda.
You Will
- Lead the development, planning and implementation of procurement strategies for high-value, high-risk procurements optimising value for money for customers.
- Be able to lead and manage all stages of the end-to-end public sector procurement process. This includes from initial conception, strategy development, through the full procurement delivery cycle, to contract award, ensuring compliance with relevant public procurement legislation and Scottish Government procurement policies.
- Ensure that all stages of your procurement delivery addresses the Sustainable Procurement Duty and contribute to the government's sustainability agenda.
- Work effectively with a wide range of key stakeholders, including customers, colleagues and external markets to deliver credible procurement strategies and contracts.
- Actively manage suppliers and engage with customers advising them on their contractual agreements and options using product and market knowledge.
- Be required to manage a number of activities and projects concurrently and therefore need to have effective time and task management skills.
- Work flexibly within the team, Division and across the Directorate to help deliver the organisation's wider goals in line with the Directorate Plan.
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Essential Criteria
- This is a specialist role which requires evidence of a commitment towards continuous professional development, including external, advanced level professional accreditation of CIPS Level 5 Advanced Diploma, WCC Advanced Practitioner Certification or relevant equivalent; or a commitment to attaining such an accreditation once in post.
- Proven track record in the delivery of the full end-to-end public procurement cycle, including sourcing strategy development, tendering, and contract and supplier management.
- Established interpersonal, influencing and stakeholder management skills with experience of building and maintaining relationships at all levels and working in collaboration with internal and external colleagues. A proven ability to articulate procurement and commercial issues clearly and succinctly to a range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Robust analytical skills with the ability to draw out key messages and findings to make recommendations and/or support decisions.
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This role has been deemed Inside IR35 by the client. Applicants must hold, or be happy to apply for, a valid Basic Disclosure Scotland. Please click the link to apply.
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