Senior Procurement Specialist - Public Procurement

Senior Procurement Specialist - Public Procurement

This well established public sector body are keen to recruit an experienced procurement prof. to manage a range of Supplies & Services & manage key contracts for these.

You will : -

• Develop & challenge specifications & processes.
• Be exp. in running public procurement competitions & achieving value for money & compliance.
• Be responsible for managing the full public procurement tender process for various supplies & services & service concession contracts.
• Work in partnership with internal budget-holders, other key staff & the OGP.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provide advice to University staff on tendering policies & procedures.
• Maintain & develop commodity expertise in market trends, technologies etc.
• Establish & lead commodity groups comprised of key internal stakeholders.
• Conduct analysis & research of current expenditure on your commodities.
• Develop sourcing strategies for commodities/projects.
• Conduct competitive National & EU tenders for Supplies & Services in line with policy
• Conduct Supplier negotiations.
• Manage Contracts & evaluate supplier performance.
• Manage staff as required.
• Organisational & administrative duties associated with tendering & contract mgt..
• Records mgt.- keep updated all files & relevant records pertaining to the procurement process on an ongoing basis.
• Report on project progress, cost savings, efficiency building or quality improvement initiatives.

Exp. & Qualifications

• Up to 5 years relevant prof. exp. working in a Procurement role in a large organisation
• Min 3 years of above prof. exp. delivered at senior level managing procurement projects end-to-end.
• Degree or technical qual & experience of Public Procurement, Project Mgt., S/Chain

Functional Competencies

• Relevant Public sector Procurement Policies & Practices:
• An excellent understanding of public sector procurement policies at a national & EU level with extensive exp. of their application within the centralised procurement model.
• Compliance & Governance: of compliance & governance framework as it applies to the public sector in Ireland.
• Development of a procurement compliance framework.
• Risk Mgt.: An excellent knowledge & understanding of the mgt. & mitigation of risk in the areas of contract mgt. & public procurement.
• Commercial Awareness & Acumen

Core Competencies

• Managing People: Strong capacity to manage others & to build & establish an effective team capable of delivery on projects & targets.
• Managing Stakeholders
• Project Management
• Managing Change
• Working Strategically

A competitive salary range with benefits is on offer.

Please apply for a P&C conversation with Nicola