Commercial & Procurement Officer

Brief Description of job role and department Commercial & Procurement Officer

Based in the Councils Commercial & Procurement Team whose purpose is to lead and deliver the Council's approach to Outcome Based Commissioning, and to provide high quality support, advice and assurance for the rest of the Council to enable it to deliver its wider responsibilities.

As Senior Commercial & Procurement Officer you will be responsible for providing procurement advice, support and guidance to Commissioners and from all directorates across the organisation and the Councils Arms-Length Management Organisation, Sutton Housing Partnership. You will also be responsible for ensuring that the organisation has the required controls in place to ensure that procurement activity is carried out in an open and transparent way in line with relevant legislation and best practise.

You will lead on projects to interrogate Council spend, identifying areas of discussion with Contract Managers regarding procurement options and / or potential cost savings.

Representative accountabilities Commercial & Procurement Officer

• Deliver a defined set of procurement and contracting activities to ensure tasks are delivered within agreed timescales and statutory/regulatory requirements.
• Collect and analyse information from a variety of sources and carry out analysis to assist more se...