Procurement Business Partner

We are pleased to be recruiting for a Procurement Business Partner to join Cumbria Constabulary based at Police HQ, Penrith, Cumbria

This is a full time role working 37 hours per week Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm with some Hybrid working.

This is a temporary on going position.

PLEASE NOTE, DUE TO POLICE CRITERIA YOU MUST HAVE RESIDED IN THE UK FOR AT LEAST THE LAST 3 YEARS CONTINUOUSLY.

Cumbria Constabulary Commercial Solutions are seeking interest, to increase capacity of the Commercial team for up to a 6-month period to deal with workload. We are looking for innovative and creative individual with skills, knowledge, and experience of working within a Public Sector procurement environment, with the following experience/qualifications: -

• Relevant professional qualification (ideally CIPS level 4 or above/ working towards), and/or relevant experience in this field.
• Working knowledge of public procurement regulations/ working in a Public Sector procurement environment.
• Procurement practitioner experience of undertaking quote & tender exercises
• Experience in stakeholder/customer engagement/ supplier relationship & contract management.
• Experience of developing/delivering effective working alliances, partnerships, and services.
• Excellent communication, team working/leadership skills.
• Good problem solving and innovative thinking.
• Ability to effectively prioritise own and other workloads
• Good IT skills (desirable experience of Oracle/ oracle Fusion, E-tendering portals & contract databases)

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