Contract Procurement Officer Powys REMOTE Contract £21.13 per hour Our client is looking for an experience Contract Procurement Officer. This is a flexible worker position and therefore the Council offers opportunity to work in an agile way to include home working. To lead on and deliver procurement tender projects for goods, works and services. This is one of many opportunities we are currently recruiting for please visit our website colbernlimited co uk for more jobs. Operating within a category management structure, providing comprehensive, professional, project focussed commercial advice and practical support, across the whole Commercial Lifecycle. Supporting all service directorates in order that the Council’s Procurement Strategy is implemented in a consistent manner across the organisation. Provide professional commercial expertise to support Category Leads and the Professional Lead-Procurement and Commercial Services, in delivering sound, authoritative commercial advice and practical support to the Council, its Committees and Services. To ensure that UK Procurement Regulations and the Councils corporate standards and policies applicable to procurement are adhered to, with a view to delivering the required outcomes, to the required standard of quality, within the specified constraints of time and cost. To prepare tender documentation in consultation with Service Directorates appropriate to the service requirement (for goods works and services) and market conditions following a structured commercial options appraisal and having regard to service specific legal requirements. To lead on and deliver on procurement tender projects for goods, services and works in a responsive corporate basis as directed by the Category Lead and Professional Lead-Procurement and Commercial Services. Including evaluating tenders utilising price:quality matrices, and other tools, and make appropriate recommendations to services and senior officers on contract award decisions. To support service areas on the management of contracts in accordance with the Council's Contract Management Framework. To support the Category Lead to identify, compile and report data, and other information, in order to analyse relevant markets and category spend to develop and execute agreed Category(wide) Strategies, specific Commercial Strategies and Sourcing Plans, ensuring they consider objectives to maximise value for money, increase local contract spend and also reduce CO2e emissions across the Council's supply chain. To monitor the use and maintenance of designated e-procurement systems, including negotiation or renegotiate contract re-lets as appropriate. To provide assistance as required to the Category Leads and Professional Lead Procurement and Commercial Services in the operation of the Commercial Services function in order to optimise resources, including leading on specific category projects and cross cutting activities such as systems and processes, information and intelligence improvement and commercial training and skills development. To assist in the monitoring and maintenance of designated procurement systems in order to negotiate or renegotiate contract re-lets as appropriate. To ensure commercial systems and data records are maintained and up to data, including Contracts Register and Procurement Pipeline. To ensure continuous stakeholder management and engagement in relevant procurement projects whilst negotiating commercial terms that obtains the best possible prices for goods and services. To ensure your own development by undertaking appropriate webinar and training as directed by the category lead and to maintain Continuous Professional Development. PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES colbernlimited co uk The first part of our recruitment process is to send your CV. Should you be short listed Colbern Limited will contact you within 5 days or we may contact you about other job opportunities. Colbern Limited along with our clients are an equal opportunities employer