Category Officer Ballymena

VANRATH are delighted to be assisting our client, a large Public Sector Organisation with the recruitment of several Category Officer's to join their team based in Ballymena. Salary £29,777 - £33,995 Overview To assist the Category Manager in the provision of best practice procurement and contract management services within a category area or manage a specialist area of work within Procurement Services; To manage the end to end procurement process to deliver value for money solutions for the businesses clients To organise and manage a team of category assistants providing a best practice procurement and contract management service within a category area or manage a specialist area of work within Procurement Services; The post holder will have supervisory responsibilities for staff organised in groups or teams as necessary and will be responsible for the day to day management of functional activities within a category area. Specific knowledge of the category area will be required to provide advice and guidance to line managers and school leaders and customers; The post holder will be required to exercise judgement or discretion within a framework of rule, practice and precedent and will be required to identify and select the most appropriate course of action from a range of options. Undertaking research and investigation, analysis of results and devising recommendations. The post will involve review of existing practices and identification of new solutions to operational problems including analytics of data. Responsibilities: Strategic Procurement Contract Management Supervision of Staff Provide advice and guidance to clients on procurement and procurement related matters; Develop commercial tender and contract documentation in line with public procurement policy and best practice; Implement and manage procurements to deliver Value for Money solutions within the public procurement policy, legal and accountability frameworks; To develop appropriate sourcing, pricing and assessment strategies in specific category areas. To develop and implement the most efficient and effective Procure to Pay system for each contract; Develop procurement strategies which integrate policies in response of sustainability and continuous improvement; To be responsible for the delivery of procurement services in a specific category to include, tender initiation, evaluation, award and contract management; To be responsible for the daily management of tender processes ensuring critical deadlines are met and customers obtain works and services on time Implement and carry out compliance checks on Procurement Service Quality Management System and ensure compliance for a particular procurement category. Verify compliance and completeness checks carried out by Category Assistants; Interpret and summarise all tender offers received from eTendersNI and produce a comparison of submitted tenders; Interpret, clarify, assess and make recommendations on, any issues arising out of tenders and ensure that all parties have a clear understanding of any resulting contract; Prepare reports for the F&GP meetings regarding the award of contracts; Prepare letters of award, intention to award and regret letters and quality assure letters prepared by Category Assistants; Participate in and contribute to continuously improve performance and design new solutions; Be responsible for, manage the design and production of, contract documents schedules for customers giving complete information on all contract terms and conditions. Contribute to the Business Plan setting, reviewing, and/or identifying performance measures and targets for the effective and efficient delivery of service. Collation, analysis and interpretation of spend information from numerous sources in order to identify efficiencies, procurement and contract improvements. Criteria: Hold a HNC/HND or above examination qualification and one year's demonstrable experience working in a procurement, administration or finance environment; OR Have two year's demonstrable experience working in a procurement, administration or finance environment. Have one year's demonstrable experience in supervision and management of staff in a procurement, administration or finance function. Demonstrable experience in the use of Information Technology systems including Microsoft Office Suite, and management information systems. IND02 For further information on this job, or any other Business Support job in Belfast or Northern Ireland, apply via the link or contact Leanne Garrett for a confidential chat today. Some positive candidate feedback we've received- ''5*'s for Vanrath. They found me a suitable agency post right away, it was a great fit, now I have got the job permanently! Very personable and knowledgeable to deal with and always took the time to understand and help out. Extremely professional service all round.'' ''I contacted Vanrath after being laid off by my previous employer. They were fantastic to deal with and found me the perfect role that matched my skill set and experience and within a day or two had an interview lined up. Within the same week I was made a job offer which I happily accepted. So thankful that I contacted Vanrath. Couldn't have asked for a quicker and more professional service.'' ''My experience with Vanrath has been so positive. They were very professional but friendly at the same time. The whole process has been excellent and I've secured a job that I really wanted. I wouldn't hesitate to go through Vanrath again in future as there was no waiting about and they continually kept me updated throughout. Thanks so much again.'' Skills: category officer procurement solutions