An exciting opportunity to join the procurement function of this public services organisation. This role offers hybrid working with 2-3 days per week in the office and is initially available on a 6-month temporary basis with a strong opportunity of becoming permanent. The role profile can be moulded to suit candidate experience with the opportunity to recruit at a junior/procurement support level or at a more specialist/officer level. This new role would suit a Buyer / Procurement Officer or Manager looking to harness their experience or an up-and-coming procurement professional looking to develop their skills further. You will be responsible for ensuring group procurement deals represent best value for the business and have a key role in identifying opportunity for procurement improvements and delivering the benefit. You will help ensure best value is achieved for the business, meet business and departmental targets/cost improvement; track performance of deals and demonstrate best value and review and negotiate supplier agreements. The production of monthly reports to track procurement activities and the benefit achieved is a key part as is the building of effective business relationships with internal stakeholders to coach and advise on procurement matters. The ideal candidate will: be part CIPS qualified, although this is not essential; have proven ability at developing effective working relationships through strong interpersonal skills; excellent negotiation skills; demonstrable experience of supporting the procurement of goods and services with a record of delivering savings against budgets; and a high level of communication skills, both verbal and written. Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk