Procurement Officer

Description:

The role will involve working with a range of staff and stakeholders at all levels both internally and externally and will require confident and professional communications skills to maintain positive working relationships with all university schools and professional services departments.

You’ll lead the way by:
 

• Assisting in the delivery and management of all aspects of the university’s procurement tendering and contracting for a wide range of goods, services and works.
• Contributing to the key developments of the University’s e-payment solution using PCards, helping to manage the scheme
• Providing advice and guidance to staff at all levels on all aspects of procurement and the achievement of value for money and social value.
• Providing procurement end user training, including guidance on the University’s Finance System, a Unit 4 Business World product and the PCard banking portal known as Barclaycard Spend Management.
• Reporting and analysing spend information to support the University’s departments and schools in procurement decisions.
• Providing resilience in managing the Procurement Administrator’s role in their absence
• Being responsible for the operation of the department in the absence of the Head and Assistant Heads.