Senior Procurement Specialist - INTERNAL

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Kirklees
Corporate Strategy, Commissioning & Public Health
Legal, Governance & Commissioning
37
1
Civic Centre 1, Huddersfield & Hybrid working
Permanent
Grade 13

£45,441 - £47,420

To apply for this job you must be an employee of Kirklees Council for the duration of the recruitment process – up to and including the start date - and have successfully completed your probationary period.

Please note that if you work for an Academy you are not an employee of the Council.

You will be joining a fast-paced multi award-winning procurement team at an exciting and important time in driving standards and best practice within our category led approach to procurement.

You will play an important role in the delivery of a forward thinking, flexible, creative, commercial and collaborative procurement team, which aims to exemplify excellent procurement practice. 

If you are ambitious, have significant experience and skills in public sector procurement, with a flair for delivering commercial, creative and solution focussed procurement strategies and outcomes then we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for people who demonstrate all of the Council’s behaviours and expectations and continually strive for excellence.  You will be confident and highly competent in developing and running high value and complex procurements.  You will have excellent people skills, attention to detail and be able to perform under significant pressure to challenging and changing timescales, alongside managing and delivering to stakeholder expectations. 

The Councils procurement team has recently refocused its categories into the following three strategic areas;

  • Adults, Public Health & Childrens
  • Built Environment (includes Construction & Infrastructure, Housing, Facilities Management, Transport, Environment & Waste)
  • Corporate & IT

The Senior Procurement Specialist being recruited will be aligned to the Corporate and IT Cluster. 

We are looking for candidates with experience of working in a senior procurement role who have significant market and commercial knowledge, preferably within the Corporate and IT area. Successful candidates will need to demonstrate:

  • Significant experience and knowledge in procurement practice and are CIPS Level 5 qualified (or above) or can demonstrate that they have been working to an equivalent level;
  • Understanding and experience of market challenges and opportunities, preferably within the IT and Corporate area;
  • Substantial knowledge and practical experience of providing professional procurement advice and guidance in line with Council procedures and procurement regulations;
  • Significant experience of managing complex procurement activities across the Council for goods and services;
  • To be solution focused, risk aware and able to deliver change by influencing and engaging stakeholders, with a professional, proactive and “can-do” approach.

Interviews will take place on 9th June 2023

Ruth Calladine is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information. 
We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: jobs@kirklees.gov.uk or phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’.
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02 June 2023, 11:55 PM

Important Information

This vacancy is closed to applications.