Procurement Specialist; South

Are you an experienced Procurement professional with public sector experience looking for your next opportunity in the education sector?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Procurement Specialist to join our expanding team and organisation. We are committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and we are interested in you as an individual. We are looking for a highly organised professional with a positive attitude, dedicated to achieving excellence in public sector procurement.

Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) is a not-for-profit purchasing consortium and we produce compliant purchasing frameworks and provide specialist advice on spending practices and value for money. Our longstanding history and dedication has earned CPC a reputation for excellence, which has allowed us to support public sector organisations with a combined non-pay spend of £441m throughout the 2023/24 financial year alone.

The role is offered as a full‑time position working with our clients based within Greater Manchester; travel to these client sites will be required. We will consider applicants who require part‑time hours or flexible working hours.

This role will require regular travel to clients' premises within the South Manchester area and involves working onsite directly with our educational clients to provide a fully comprehensive procurement and tendering service.

Successful applicants must be able to travel and must have public sector tendering experience.

This role sits within our Crescent Managed Services. They specialise in offering procurement consultancy services to the education sector and provide bespoke procurement solutions to suit individual client needs and budgets, from one‑off tendering to onsite managed services. You will be responsible for leading the process for procuring contracts for a variety of categories, including facilities, estates, finance, curriculum and ICT and other projects and services.

The role will contribute to embedding best practice, efficiency and effectiveness within procurement processes and decisions, ensuring compliance with UK procurement regulations and legislation and assisting us to achieve savings.

Reporting to the CPC Procurement Manager, you will be responsible for offering a proactive and comprehensive service and advice on all aspects of procurement to all levels of personnel and manage relationships between our client and their diverse range of suppliers.

We're an award‑winning organisation recognised and certified as a "Great place to work". We offer a collaborative, exciting environment where your ideas are heard and valued. We provide competitive salaries, benefits, and opportunities for career development. We're making a real difference and you can be a part of it! This is just the beginning – we’re constantly growing and evolving and we’re always looking for passionate individuals who share our vision.

We are looking for someone who has extensive procurement experience within the public sector or the education sector and knowledge of public sector procurement legislation. If you are a skilled and an experienced procurement professional with the ability to deliver all aspects of this role, then we would love to hear from you!

• Salary of up to £45,000 FTE per annum depending on experience.
• Generous yearly discretionary bonuses following successful probation.
• Hybrid working at client site.
• Access to a local government pension scheme which includes death‑in‑service and ill health.
• Opportunities to develop through our in‑house development programmes and through external learning with full support given to achieve MCIPS.
• 41 days holiday (including three days additional leave for Christmas holiday closure and bank holidays).
• Time off for volunteering opportunities.
• Enhanced leave packages such as paid sickness, carers leave, bereavement and compassionate leave and maternity pay.
• Support for wellbeing with access to 8 mental health first aiders and the opportunity to join an Employee Assistance Programme.
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