Senior Procurement Lead

• This role offers hybrid working, allowing you to work either from home or from our offices
• 33 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• Take on a leading role within the Procurement Team

The Procurement team and conducts tenders for over £100,000 for goods and services and £500,000 for works. The role will involve:

• Being a point of reference for internal services concerning any matters involving the sourcing of external suppliers.
• Assisting services with the development of sourcing strategies.
• Running competitive procedures for goods, services and works contracts under threshold and above threshold under the governance of the Procurement Act 2023. These are issued through our e-tendering system.
• Conducting Direct Awards and Further Competition under frameworks.
• Agreeing contract amendments and extensions.
• Adhering to our internal governance and ensuring compliance with the Procurement Act, Public Contract Regulations and the Health Act (Provider selection Regime).

We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be. But it will really help if you:

• Have experience of public procurement both above and below the thresholds applicable to the legislation.
• Knowledge of Public Contract Regulations 2015 and The Procurement Act 2023
• Know your way around Microsoft 365 (especially Word and Excel) and are comfortable using databases.
• Confident in dealing with officers and members, guiding them through the procurement processes.
• Ideally CIPS qualified or progressing towards qualification.

We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. And that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve.

We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact the hiring manager for a chat if there’s anything you want to talk about before you apply.

We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

• We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
• Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Staff discounts in gyms.
• Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
• Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
• A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
• My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more

For an informal chat about the role, you can contact Paul Skuse paul.skuse@somerset.gov.uk.

If you have everything you need, just hit the apply button. We can’t wait to hear from you.