Procurement Specialist

Role Summary

Are you an experienced Procurement professional with public sector experience looking for your next role? Do you want to make a real difference 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.

We are Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC), a not-for-profit purchasing consortium that produces compliant purchasing frameworks and provides specialist advice on spending practices and value for money. Our longstanding history and dedication has earned CPC a reputation for excellence, supporting public sector organisations with a combined non-pay spend of £441m throughout the 2023/24 financial year alone.

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!

The role is offered as a full‑time position working with our clients based near Birmingham and the surrounding areas. Travel will be required.

This role will require regular travel to our clients’ premises 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, specialising in procurement consultancy services to the education sector. You will be responsible for leading the process for procuring contracts for a variety of categories, including facilities, estates, finance, curriculum, ICT and other projects and services.

This 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 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.

• Procurement experience within the public sector or the education sector.
• Knowledge of the public sector Procurement Act 2023.
• Ability to travel regularly.
• Strong organisational skills and a positive attitude.

• Salary of up to £45,000 FTE per annum depending on experience.
• Generous yearly discretionary bonuses following successful probation.
• Remote working with visits to clients onsite when required.
• 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 support 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 an Employee Assistance Programme.
• Chance to get involved in working groups such as Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Wellbeing and Sustainability.
• Opportunity to join our Women’s, Men’s and Carer’s employee support networks.
• Social and employee events throughout summer and at Christmas.
• Programme of ‘giving back’ to the communities in which it is based and which it supports.
• Travel expenses paid for any additional required travelling outside of your contracted place of work.

The Final date to receive applications is Wednesday 4th March 2026.

Following successful application, we will invite selected candidates to meet for an interview via Teams with our…