Procurement Specialist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Procurement Specialist to join our expanding team and organisation. We are committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and we are interested in you as an individual. We are looking for a highly organised professional with a positive attitude, dedicated to achieving excellence in public sector procurement.

We're an award-winning organisation recognised and certified as a “Great place to work”. We offer a collaborative, exciting environment where your ideas are heard and valued. We provide competitive salaries, benefits, and opportunities for career development. We're making a real

difference and you can be a part of it! This is just the beginning, we're constantly growing and evolving and we're always looking for passionate individuals who share our vision!

This is just the beginning, we're constantly growing and evolving and we're always looking for passionate individuals who share our Vision, Mission and Values:

CPC’s Vision is to be the first-choice procurement services charity that gives back to the education sector.

• CPC’s Mission, we want our members to receive outstanding procurement services.   

• CPC’s Values

  • People First - We provide a caring, inclusive, and supporting environment that focuses on individual needs to enable our people to be the best they can be.

  • Customer Always - Everything we do is for the benefit of our customers, to help them provide the best service possible to their learners.

  • Excellence -We are 100% committed to delivering the highest-quality services that exceed expectations, with continuous improvement at the heart of what we do. 

The role is offered as a full-time or part-time position working with our clients based in the Bournemouth and Dorset region and the surrounding areas.

Please state your preference when making the application on your cover letter.

This role sits within our Crescent Managed Services. They specialise in offering procurement consultancy services to the education sector. They offer bespoke procurement solutions to suit individual client needs and budgets, from one-off tendering to onsite managed services. Our aim is simply to be the best at what we do. You will be responsible for leading the process for procuring contracts for a variety of categories, including facilities, estates, finance, curriculum and ICT and other projects and services.

This role will contribute to embedding best practice, efficiency and effectiveness within procurement processes and decisions, ensuring compliance with UK procurement regulations and legislation and assisting us to achieve savings.

Reporting to the Procurement Manager, you will be responsible for offering a proactive and comprehensive service and advice on all aspects of procurement to all levels of personnel and managing relationships between our client and their diverse range of suppliers.

We're an award-winning organisation recognised and certified as a “Great place to work”. We offer a collaborative, exciting environment where your ideas are heard and valued. We provide competitive salaries, benefits, and opportunities for career development. We're making a real

difference and you can be a part of it! This is just the beginning, we're constantly growing and evolving and we're always looking for passionate individuals who share our vision!

This is just the beginning, we're constantly growing and evolving and we're always looking for passionate individuals who share our vision!

We are looking for someone who has procurement experience within the public sector or the education sector and knowledge of public sector Procurement Act 2023.

Following successful application, we will invite selected candidates to meet for an interview via Teams with our hiring managers.

If you like what you’ve read, please don't delay in applying as we may close vacancies early where we receive lots of applications. Please click on the link below for the job description.

https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/docs/procurement-specialist-jd-dorsetpdf

As an equal opportunities employer, Crescent Purchasing Consortium is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

We are a disability confident employer so if you need any adjustments made to support your application, for example, if you require information in different formats or if you have any accessibility issues, we’re more than happy to review our processes. Please feel free to get in touch with us at peopledevelopment@thecpc.ac.uk.