Procurement Officer Full Time

Rotherham, Yorkshire
RNN

Procurement Officer

Full time (37hrs per week for 52wks per year),

Permanent

Salary; £21,337 per annum

Location; Rotherham College, Rotherham

Are you ready to take your next step in your career?

The Procurement section is a division of the college’s Finance Department and serves the procurement needs of all RNN Group’s academic and support services.

RNN Group is committed to ensure all procurement of goods and services comply with the College’s Procurement Policy and Financial Regulations and that value for money and cost savings are achieved.

Financial stability is a key focus in our strategic plan and the successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring that the Group achieves outstanding results for students through sound procurement strategy and practice.

The Group is looking for a motivated and pro-active individual to be part of a small procurement team assisting in the delivery of a full range of Procurement activities whilst also working closely with the Finance Department, assisting the team where necessary.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day support and administration of the procurement function to embed best practice, efficiency and effectiveness within procurement processes. You will liaise with departments to ensure compliance with the RNN Groups Procurement Policy and Finance Regulations as well as PCR 2015 Legislation. In addition, you will assist with producing quotations and will support the Procurement Manager with managing the tendering cycle.

Have you got what it takes to be successful?

You will be able to cope with demanding customers internally and externally and will be able to use your communication skills to gain agreement and achieve customer satisfaction wherever possible. You will work to strict deadlines in line with Procurement deadlines associated SLA’s and will manage your own workload to ensure you complete all duties accurately and on time.

You will have previous experience within a procurement role, have run a quotation/tender process successfully and ideally you will have experience of working in a Public Sector Procurement role with knowledge of PCR 2015 legislation.

Qualified to level 2 (GCSE) or above in English & maths and have, or be willing to work towards a CIPS Level 3 Advanced Certificate in Procurement and Supply Operations.

Our excellent benefits and rewards package:

• Access to local government pension
• Up to 41 days annual leave per year
• Access to our gyms, restaurants and salons
• Staff health & wellbeing and benefits schemes including inhouse Occupational Health service
• Full, part time and flexible working hours available in many roles
• Parking available at all of our sites
• Fantastic career development opportunities including funding for teacher training, apprenticeships and various other industry recognised qualifications

Striving for Excellence!

RNN Group’s main goal is to be an ‘outstanding’ education and training provider and this is at the heart of everything that we do. To help us achieve this we are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative and dynamic individuals to join our existing teams. To be a part of the team at RNN Group we will expect you to be committed to our values too; Respect, Support, Inclusion, Excellence and Partnership.

We celebrate diversity and are proud to have been recognised as Investors in Diversity for our work on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, faith or disability. We are also proud to be part of the Disability Confidence Scheme.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. All new employees will be required undertake a DBS check.

Closing date: 14 June 2021 at 12:00 Noon – if you are shortlisted for this post you will be contacted within a week of the closing date.