Commercial/Procurement Officer - DV CLEARED


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LA International Computer Consultants Ltd

Listed on

11th July 2017

Location

London

Salary/Rate

£450 - £550

Type

Contract

Start Date

ASAP

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Task description

* The role will actively contribute to the delivery of a professional procurement team that drives supply chain performance and improvement and contributes to savings and other benefits. The role will include;

* Planning procurement activity and securing agreement on approach with senior commercial and customer stakeholders.

* Running procurement competitions.

* Negotiating commercial improvements with potential new and existing suppliers.

* Managing supplier delivery risk.

* Optimising contract and supplier performance.

* Deliver demonstrable efficiencies.

Role outline

* Leading as subject matter expert working with customer area (up to Director level) managing the sourcing, planning and procurement activity and optimising contract and supplier delivery. The roles and work is very unique and will give access to a broad range of spend categories and projects.

Experience and Qualifications.

Essential

* Strong communication and influencing skills.

* Analytical skills.

* Ability to manage in fast paced, dynamic and flexible multi stakeholder environment.

* The drive to succeed in a challenging and maturing commercial environment.

* Proven commercial background within a best practice procurement function, maybe within a government environment,

* Thorough understanding of procurement policy and practice.

* Managing people in a team.

* MCIPS (or equivalent) achieved.

Desirable

* Experience of using a P2P system.

* Oracle financials and purchasing applications and Oracle reporting.

* Experience of IT and / or professional services procurement categories.

* Financial or IT system qualification.

* Prince 2 / APM

* MSP

* MOP

Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 18 weeks.

LA International Computer Consultants Ltd is an HMG Approved Consultancy and operates as an IT & Engineering Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency, depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, we welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International Computer Consultants Ltd (Recruiter Awards for Excellence - Best IT, Best Public Sector & Gold Awards) and the most prestigious award that any business can receive The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2015.

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