About the Department
The Finance and Procurement teams play a crucial role in enabling the University to deliver on its strategic aims. This involves managing and maximising the University’s financial resources while providing expert financial advice and support to the wider University community. Our responsibilities encompass a wide range of essential functions, including providing strategic business partnering, delivering value from supplier relationships, managing effective working capital and cashflow and providing key financial support for our students. Additionally, we oversee all aspects of payroll and pensions management, and deliver comprehensive support for financial systems, tax compliance, and audit needs.
About the Role
The Assistant Category Specialist sits in the University’s centralised core Procurement team within Finance and supports the procurement categories with a high annual spend, delivering a fit for purpose category management approach that embraces sustainability. Responsibilities include conducting supply and market analysis, supporting and delivering tender activities, managing a small portfolio of preferred suppliers, resolving and escalating supplier issues to deliver category savings, supporting category sourcing strategies and projects, contract management for other areas on an ad hoc basis, and communicating departmental strategies and best practices.
About You
We are seeking a motivated procurement professional with a Level 5 CIPS qualification – or the willingness to work towards this qualification. Experience of working within organisational policies and public procurement environments, confidence using E‑Tendering systems, collaboration skills, and understanding of the legal aspects of purchasing and the public sector tendering process are required.
Benefits
* Generous annual leave entitlement of 38 days inclusive of bank holidays and concessionary days (pro rata)
* Suite of holistic wellbeing benefits and support including family-friendly policies, generous sick pay provision and comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
* Access to a variety of staff discounts at high street retailers
* Discounted onsite gym
* Cycle to Work scheme
* A flexible working environment
* A commitment to personal and professional development
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