Corporate Procurement Specialist

Corporate Procurement Specialist

Dalmarnock, Glasgow

Band G: £33,567 - £38,538

Ref No: R220/17

This opportunity is to join one of Scotland’s largest public sector organisations Corporate Procurement departments as we undergo our transformation programme to rejuvenate our procurement service to deliver procurement excellence whilst collaborating with our key stakeholders to achieve our organisational goals. The successful candidate will play an integral role in providing SPA/Police Scotland with efficient and effective provision of procurement services in line with overall organisational goals and relevant legislation and directives.

Applicants must be educated to degree level with MCIPS (or equivalent), or with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a procurement role and can demonstrate success in dealing with complex, high value procurements with a track record of driving efficiency savings. You must be computer literate and be able to assess priorities and adapt to fluctuating workloads and have strong interpersonal skills demonstrating an ability to influence across all levels of the organisation.

This full time post is permanent and requires standard recruitment vetting.

The following supervisory competencies will be used for the selection process:

1. Respect for Diversity
2. Effective Communication
3. Job Knowledge
4. Leadership
5. Personal Effectiveness
6. Problem Solving
7. Service Delivery
8. Team Working

Please refer to the relevant competencies when completing your application form. Full details regarding this vacancy can be found in the attached job description.

Please be aware that that the interim SPA pay and grading structure may be subject to future change.

Individuals working, or applying for, a flexible working arrangement who wish to apply for this post will have their flexible working arrangement considered in line with current policy, as well as both personal and organisational needs.

The Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland are committed to promoting a diverse workforce and to achieving and promoting an organisational culture where staff and officers are treated with dignity, fairness and respect.

To assist us to monitor the effectiveness of our equality and diversity practices, we would encourage you to complete and submit the Equality and Diversity monitoring form, which will be separated from your application form prior to the selection process. The information you provide will be treated as sensitive data under the Data Protection Act 1998.

Applicants must be a British citizen, a member of the EU or other states in the EEA, a Commonwealth citizen or a foreign national free of restrictions. You should also have been resident in the UK for a minimum of three years immediately prior to application

No CVs please – full application forms must be completed.

For information on how to apply please visit www.scotland.police.uk/recruitment,
or www.spa.police.uk/work-with-us/current-vacancies
e-mail recruitmentcentre@scotland.pnn.police.uk or call 01355 566350 and quote reference number R220/17.

Closing Date: Tuesday 6 March 2018 by 4.30pm