Supply Chain Specialist (People and Corporate)
Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest
Salary: PO6 - PO8 (Career Graded Role)£51,093 - £59,328
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Working hours per week: 36
Application Deadline: Wednesday 17th July 2024 @ 12 noon
Reference:1289
About Us:
Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.
We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.
London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London's Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.
The Council's preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.
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Waltham Forest Council offers excellent benefits in addition to a highly competitive salary. These include;
• 29 days paid leave rising to 32 days after 5 years' service
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexible working
• Family Friendly Policies
• Season ticket / travel loan
• The ability to work from home for part of the week as well as state of the art office accommodation in Waltham Forest Town Hall and central location in Redbridge with easy access to high street.
About the role:
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There are two Supply Chain Specialists posts
- 1x Supply Chain Specialists (People and Corporate)
- 1x Supply Chain Specialists (Residents and Capital)
We are looking for experienced and motivated Supply Chain Specialists who will support the Council's category management approach to procurement ensuring that it procures its goods, services and works in a cost effective and efficient manner through providing commercial expertise and market knowledge.
Position 1 - Supply Chain Specialists (People and Corporate)
The People and Corporate category supports the following areas;
o Adults and Children's Social Care
o Public Health services
o Special Educational Needs
o IT & Digital (Software)
o Corporate Services (Legal, Consultancy, Tax, Audit, Insurance)
o Interim & Permanent Recruitment
o Fleet & Travel
Position 2 - Supply Chain Specialists (Residents and Capital)
The Residents and Capital category supports the following areas;
o Capital works and Regeneration
o Affordable Housing
o Highways
o Repairs and Maintenance Services
o Supply of Enforcement Agency Services
o Zero Emissions Delivery (ZED) Service
o Facilities Management Services
These roles will be to act as procurement lead in the management and delivery of a range of significant projects across the Council's categories, ensuring the delivery of the service meets all Council, professional and legislative requirements. The scope of the roles includes but is not limited to:
- Support the achievement of the objectives of the Council's Corporate Procurement Strategy by effectively and efficiently developing and implementing sourcing strategies for categories of spend, realising cashable savings for the Council whilst assuring quality of service.
- Act as procurement lead in the management and delivery of a range of significant projects across the Council's categories, ensuring the delivery of the service meets all Council, professional and legislative requirements.
- Responsible for developing and implementing sourcing, procurement and contract management strategies, leading on high value complex procurement projects, providing procurement expertise throughout the commissioning framework, negotiating with and developing third party providers.
- Provide the strategic leadership on the performance management of a portfolio of allocated contracts, including managing change and service development / improvement.
- Ensure quality and value for money at all times. To ensure the service complies with relevant legislation, regulations and policies.
- Support and mentor junior colleagues as required.
Outstanding project delivery depends on our people and our ability to secure excellent services, support and works from great suppliers. If you have the ambition, then this is the opportunity to join a successful and growing team, to make a real operational and strategic impact and help to deliver the strategic ambitions of the Council. You will receive support and development in your role to enable you to achieve your best and be part of a team with new leadership that is ambitious for success.
The Procurement team is CIPS accredited for Procurement Excellence and provides high quality, professional support as part of a shared service to the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest and the London Borough of Redbridge. The posts are employed by the London Borough of Waltham Forest but will operate across both the London Borough of Waltham Forest and the London Borough of Redbridge.
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Key Responsibilities:
The Council's spend with third party providers is circa £260m therefore Procurement is a key enabler to driving out savings for which this post is key to making it happen.
- Leading on high value complex procurement projects, providing procurement expertise.
- To represent the service, provide expert advice, guidance and support on complex issues, enable others to understand changes and developments in specialist area.
- Manage relationships with key stakeholders and delivery partners including negotiation of complex political issues / contractual agreements / amendments.
- Support the achievement of the objectives of the Council's Corporate Procurement Strategy.
- Delivering significant savings.
Qualifications and Requirements:
CIPS Level 4 or equivalent in experience
Experience of working in a commercial procurement environment
Experience of running various above regulation threshold procurement procedures, to include Open; Framework call off; Restricted
Knowledge of Public Contract Regulations
Excellent stakeholder management skills
Be able to work as part of a diverse team
Terms and conditions:
The below terms and conditions apply to this role:
Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
Satisfactory declaration of interest;
As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications, regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the 'Apply' button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.
To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.
For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us.
Contact Information:
If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact:
Rita Emesim, Head of Supply Chain (People & Corporate) - rita.emesim@walthamforest.gov.uk
Joy Thorpe, Head of Supply Chain (Residents & Capital) - joy.thorpe@walthamforest.gov.uk
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.