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Procurement Support Officer
| Posting date: | 24 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | £25,147.00 to £27,596.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £25147.00 - £27596.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 July 2024 |
| Location: | Glenfield, LE3 8TB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | I9877-24-0131 |
Summary
Duties Include: To provide a procurement support function to the procurement To carry out other activities as required supporting the development of the Procurement function and the success of the CSU. To adopt a flexible and pro-active approach towards any Procurement team requirements. Support the procurement team in the delivery of its procurement activities and functions to customers, including goods and services and/or contractual activity. Carry out specific procurement activity g. managing procurement systems, raising purchase orders, managing communications, obtaining and managing quotations, preparing and managing reports, managing invoice queries etc. Play a key role in the development of the procurement function. To pursue procurement excellence by supporting the team in the implementation of efficient and effective contractual arrangements. To work with CSU procurement systems such as e-procurement tools for the management of contract records and/or the purchase to pay system. To work with other procurement resources to enable the CSU to carry out its business. Support customers to understand how to ensure that the purchase to pay process works seamlessly to deliver high quality goods and services procurement in line with Procurement regulations and the appropriate CSU SFIs. Provide advice to customers on which suppliers to use to buy goods and services. Provide support and guidance to customers on general, technical, goods and services and other procurement queries, and to resolve issues with other internal functions eg. finance. Attend meetings on behalf of the team, carry out note taking and preparation of minutes. Manage and maintain diaries to ensure the efficient planning of daily commitments. To receive telephone calls and take action including taking messages or referring enquiries to the appropriate member of staff. To maintain, monitor and review efficient and accurate manual and electronic filing systems. To manage relationships with other purchasing professionals. To identify and ensure that support functions are provided to enhance professional expertise and support the embedding of change management culture across the team. Please Note Where essential criteria is met, a preference for shortlisting and interview will be given to those people in scope of the current Organisational Change consultation. Once the shortlisting/ interviews have taken place for those in scope of the consultation, if any roles remain vacant, applications from outside of the current Organisational Change consultation will then be considered.