Lead Procurement Officer
Lead Procurement Officer
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Job Description
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week (Monday Friday)
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is 44711 (Level one) rising to 47754 per annum (prorata for parttime)
Location:Nottingham City Council Loxley House Station Street Nottingham NG2 3NG
Weve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce perhaps this is the opportunity youve been looking for Read on to find out more
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme we strive to create an innovative inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return we are looking for people like you people who are innovative driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.
About the Role
To take a lead role in driving the work of the procurement function for the Council to ensure value for money and adherence to the Guiding Principles of the Commissioning Framework.
To lead on delivery of a programme of procurement projects often worth between 25 to 75 million per annum in line with the Departments service strategy. Ensure that the supplybase is sustainable and has the capacity to deliver goods works and services on behalf of the Council.
The job holder must also lead early procurement input into service specifications and Sourcing Plans and ensure that Procurement officers and providers work effectively across all areas of the organisation including with commissioners operational staff quality monitoring and finance. Given the often unique nature of each procurement exercise the job holder must lead a procurement process which is efficient but which complies with Public Procurement legislation and the Councils Contract Procedure rules.
The post holder will support the Category Manager in raising the standard of procurement activity with continually developing good practice.
The job holder reports to a Category Manager and will provide category specific supervision of up to 3 Procurement Officers and up to 3 Procurement Support Officers.
There is one post being recruited to from this vacancy.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
- Qualification of MCIPS or capable of demonstrating an equivalent level of knowledge through experience.
- Experience of leading the development of Category and Sourcing Plans for specific works goods and services Experience in leading complex tendering exercises including framework agreements
- Deep knowledge of Public Procurement Regulations including UK Procurement Legislation
- Ability to develop of an overall procurement strategy which takes into account the requirements of the council departments users and a variety of stakeholders.
You can find the job description for this post here
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements depending on the role including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional informationfor applicants page.
For informal enquiriesplease contact Paul Ritchie Procurement Manager by email at
Closing Date: 11/04/2025
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held:TBC
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Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
