City Building provides a range of repairs and maintenance, manufacturing, construction and refurbishment activities for Glasgow City Council and Wheatley Housing Group’s citizens and customers as well as other public, private and third sector organisations.
City Building operates both the largest construction craft apprenticeship programme in Scotland, and Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries (RSBi), one of the largest supported manufacturing businesses in Europe, around people, more than 50% of whom have a disability.
Our accreditations include, ISO, ISO and ISO :. We are current recipients of a Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promoting Opportunity and Investors in Young People Platinum award. Both these accolades recognise our focus on investing in and growing a skilled staff base.
We are currently recruiting for a Procurement Officer to join our Legal and Commercial Division.
The Procurement Officer is an integral member of the Procurement Team and will support the Procurement Manager in the procurement of material and service requirements for the organisation in-line with the Scottish Government Procurement Journey guidelines.
Reporting to the Procurement Manager you will be able to take ownership of the tendering process for a wide range of commodities for works, goods and services including mini-competitions, PCS Quick Quotes in-line with current procurement thresholds. You should be results-driven with the ability to resolve any problems that may arise and affect the procurement activities.
You will have an understanding and experience applying Public Sector regulations and procedures. Experience of Public Contract Scotland (PCS), Public Contract Scotland-Tender (PCS-T) and public sector procurement frameworks eg Scotland Excel is essential.
The successful candidate will have experience in strategic sourcing including the development of low to medium value/ risk procurement inclusive of commodity profiling, market research, strategy planning, tendering, supplier selection, contract management, contract implementation and supplier performance management. Knowledge of supply chain management and buying experiencewould be advantageous but not essential.
The Procurement Officer will effectively build and maintain robust and trusted relationships with key internal and external that will benefit the operations. You should have a collaborative mindset with the ability to mentor less experienced team members which will help to enhance team performance and ensure the best possible procurement practices are delivered.
A relevant qualification such as CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply) at degree level in procurement or similar and/or suitable relevant experience in a similar capacity is desirable but isn’t a mandatory requirement.
Please refer to the Role Profile for further details on this role.
You will be required to have a flexible approach to this role. Your contracted hours of work will be 35 hours per week to be worked to suit the needs of the business.
This is a permanent position.
As an employee of City Building, you will receive the following benefits:
- A rewarding career with a competitive salary.
- Access to contributory pension scheme – Strathclyde Pension Fund.
- Excellent annual leave entitlement.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption/shared parental leave.
- Access to excellent health and wellbeing initiatives.
- Access to a discounted gym membership.
If you feel, you have the necessary skills and experience for this role then please forward your CV and a completed supporting statement to the People Services Team, by midnight on Sunday 8th February .