Senior Category Specialist

North Lincolnshire Council; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000

Job description

The Strategic Procurement and Contracts Team enables effective procurement and contract management across a range of goods, works and services supporting the provision of council services for the people of North Lincolnshire.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Category Specialist who is committed to improving outcomes for vulnerable adults, children and the wider population of North Lincolnshire to join our busy team.

The role involves providing advice, support and guidance across council service areas enabling procurement decisions whilst ensuring compliance with legislation, procedures, processes, and current contractual arrangements. The successful candidate will contribute to achieving excellence in procurement and contract management, following best practice, ensuring value for money, and maintaining professional standards.

You will be a team player, and collaborate with colleagues across council supporting with service development, delivery and review in line with the organisational development plan.

Solutions focused, with a can-do attitude, you will have the ability to build the expertise and technical skills to support effective procurement and contract management across the organisation and working with partners.

You must be passionate about delivering value for money services to meet the needs of North Lincolnshire residents.

We welcome applications from highly motivated individuals committed to developing and promoting innovative ways of working to achieve best practice in organisational and procurement activities and helping to support a wider team to achieve outcomes for the population of North Lincolnshire.

You will be a Qualified Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) or willing to work towards achievement. We will consider supporting the successful candidate with achieving CIPS apprenticeship qualification as part of this role.

Please see attached job description and employee specification which you should refer to when completing your application to demonstrate you meet the essential criteria for the role.

If you would like any further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Joanne Edgar on 01724 298435.

Do not pass up this chance, apply quickly if your experience and skills match what is in the following description.

We are collectively organised around the people and place of North Lincolnshire. Together we ensure that our communities are safe, well, prosperous and connected. We are ambitious for North Lincolnshire, we want our area to be the #BestPlace for our residents by being the #BestCouncil we can be. We achieve this through living our values – equality of opportunity, excellence, integrity and self-responsibility – in all that we do.