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The role of Procurement Officer will involve:

Leading and managing procurement projects to deliver contracts for works, goods and services, which meet or exceed customer requirements
Providing advice, guidance, and support on best practice procurement across Citizen, including the identification, assessment and escalation of potential risks associated with different sourcing strategies; and provide insight through the analysis of spend, price and cost analysis, supply markets and their supply chains
Delivering Due Diligence testing and complete our Supplier Set-up process for new suppliers and contracts
Ensuring that the Procurement Strategy, Policy, and Procedures are fully implemented and compliant with UK Procurement Regulations and other legal requirements
Achieving measurable costs savings and or quality/service improvements through effective tendering and procurement activities with suppliers of goods, works and services
Having responsibility for monitoring social value benefits identified during the procurement process and to feed this into to Citizen’s Environmental Social Governance Reporting Framework
Being responsible for the management and maintenance of the e-Procurement Portal and Procurement process information and support available via One Place.
Managing and maintaining key procurement information i.e. the Contract Register, Sourcing Plan and Benefits Register
Seeking best procurement practice from inside and outside the organisation and to cascade this best practice
Delivering effective procurement communications and training to colleagues, customers, suppliers, and other stakeholder and provide advice and guidance on matters related to procurement generally. As the Procurement Officer, we need you to have:

An understanding of procurement including best practices, achievement of Value for Money, and benefits delivery
An understanding of RSH/ UK procurement law and regulations.
Knowledge of procurement sourcing strategies including the development of quote and tender preparations
Knowledge and understanding of e-procurement system(s)
Strong influencing and negotiation skills to enable effective operation and relationship building at a levels
Excellent communication skills, necessary to effectively work with managers and colleagues internally and externally
Experience of providing high quality reports, performance updates and analysis to management teams
Strong IT skills with good knowledge of Microsoft Excel. We would be really excited if you have:

Educated to degree level or equivalent through relevant training/experience
Relevant professional qualification (i.e., CIPS, Management of Risk, etc.)
Knowledge and understanding of Market analysis
Experience of public sector procurement
Experience of working within a regulated environment
Knowledge and understanding of the Social Housing Sector
Knowledge on principles of Social Value
An understanding of Risk Management principles