Procurement Officer: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 32,073 to 39,043 £ / Year

North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious enthusiastic individual to work in the Procurement & Supplies Department within North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions, and join a rapidly expanding and constantly developing function.

The successful candidate will be a key asset working with the Senior Procurement Officer within the Corporate Services and Health Lives Care Group; which covers an arrays of areas including ICT Orthotics, Wheelchairs and Community Services

The successful candidate will be is a key interface between Procurement and our client(s), managing the timely negotiation of a range of allocated contracts that offer ‘value for money’ utilising electronic tools, from the identification of demand through to the award and publication of contracts in line with the published annual plan ensuring compliance with Organisational standards and relevant legislation.

Main duties of the job

Support the Senior Procurement & Contract Manager and Senior Procurement Officer to maximise Supply Chain opportunities, rationalisation & ensure value for money.

Maximise the use of existing contracting opportunities such as NHS Supply Chain, Commercial Procurement Collaborative, Crown Commercial Service, & to release resource for the Procurement agenda by contracting once.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) Advanced Diploma level 4 or equivalent experience.

Desirable

  • Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) Advanced Diploma level 6 (MCIPS) or equivalent experience
  • Qualification Project Management Qualification (e.g. PRINCE2).

Experience

Essential

  • Working experience of purchasing and supply activity.
  • Working Experience of an electronic procurement system.
  • Experience of EU procurement procedures.

Desirable

  • Able to construct complex key performance indicators from specification.
  • Working experience of operating within EU Contract Regulations and organisational policies.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 18 October 2026

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