Procurement Officer

1. 5 hours

Headquarters

Job Purpose:

To support the Force Procurement Manager in the provision of high quality, pro-active professionally qualified procurement support and guidance activities to the Force, with a clear focus upon ensuring the best use of departmental resources based upon achieving and demonstrating best value.

Knowledge & Experience

• On appointment requirement to be studying for the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) Level 4 Diploma and / or some Procurement related work experience.
• Competence to undertake, manage and complete low value tenders to the value of £100K.
• Competence to engage with stakeholders and lead smaller procurement projects and support projects led by qualified and part qualified Procurement Officers.
• Ability to manage tenders through the tender portal.
• Ability to provide advice to managers on procurement processes
• Ability to generate reports and statistics from ICT Systems
• You should have knowledge of European Procurement Directives, Public Contract Regulations, Health and Safety legislation, Force Contract Standing Orders and Financial Regulations, together with Force Financial Instructions.
• Must have a knowledge of conducting low value tendering processes

• Must hold CIPS Level 4 Diploma and be actively working towards Level 5 Advanced Diploma and / or equivalent Procurement related work experience dealing with higher value tender / projects in excess of £100K.
• Competence to undertake, manage and complete higher value tender / projects in excess of £100K
• Competence to engage with senior stakeholder and lead high value enterprise projects across the force and where appropriate deputise for the Force Procurement Manager at Force meetings / projects
• Ability to manage tenders through the tender portal and evaluate and moderate tenders with stakeholders
• Ability to provide an advisory and consultancy service to managers on all aspects of procurement including evaluation and moderation of tenders.
• Ability to generate reports and statistics from ICT Systems
• Support Unqualified Procurement Officers with procurement direction on workload.
• Should have demonstrable experience across a range of environments within the procurement environment.
• Have knowledge of European Procurement Directives, Public Contract Regulations, Health and Safety legislation, Force Contract Standing Orders and Financial Regulations, together with Force Financial Instructions
• Must have a thorough knowledge and experience of conducting tendering processes. Be able to draft, negotiate and manage procurement higher value processes and monitor, review and evaluate contract compliance.
• Possess strong interpersonal skills in order to negotiate and communicate effectively with contractors and tenderers, police officers and police staff.

• Must hold CIPS Level 6 Professional Diploma and / or significant Procurement related work experience leading on high level / complex procurement projects of significant value
• Competent in leading high level / complex procurement projects of significant value.
• Competence to deputise for the Force Procurement Manager at regional and national meetings / forums
• Ability to manage tenders through the tender portal and evaluate and moderate tenders with senior stakeholders
• Ability to provide an advisory and consultancy service to managers on all aspects of procurement including evaluation and moderation of complex tenders
• Ability to generate reports and statistics from ICT Systems
• Support Unqualified Procurement Officers with procurement direction on workload
• Should have demonstrable experience across a range of environments within the procurement environment.
• You should have knowledge of European Procurement Directives, Public Contract Regulations, Health and Safety legislation, Force Contract Standing Orders and Financial Regulations, together with Force Financial Instructions
• You must have a thorough knowledge and experience of conducting tendering processes. Be able to draft, negotiate and manage complex procurement processes and monitor, review and evaluate contract compliance
• Possess strong interpersonal skills in order to negotiate and communicate effectively with contractors and tenderers, police officers and police staff