Senior Procurement Specialist - Edinburgh OR Glasgow - 6 to 9m

SENIOR PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST with experience of OJEU AND ICT PROCUREMENT required for INITIAL 6 - 9 MONTH CONTRACT with PUBLIC SECTOR organisation in EDINBURGH OR GLASGOW.

Duties will include:

- Leading or supporting the development, planning and implementation of procurement commodity strategies
- Stakeholder and market engagement
- Leading or supporting the development, planning and implementation of procurement commodity strategies; driving value for money improvement through the provision of market and project analysis and support for the procurement processes. Leading on low to medium value, low/medium risk procurements. Facilitating user requirements for high value, high risk contracts.
- On-going contract management of the existing framework agreements and working with representatives from across the Scottish Public sector who will form the user groups to support the procurement exercises.
- Supplier and Contract Management - involving the gathering, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of data and information to facilitate management decisions, planning and performance reporting. Co-ordinating spend and savings information.

Essential Skills:

- OJEU experience
- Good experience of end to end strategic procurement process, including sourcing and tendering, supplier management and negotiation

Candidates will be required to either hold a valid Disclosure Scotland certificate or be willing and able to apply for one prior to CV submittal to the client.

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