Procurement Specialist in Cardiff

We are looking for a Procurement Specialist to join our growing Procurement Team. If you’re passionate about delivering value for money, driving compliant and effective procurement, and building great relationships with stakeholders and suppliers — we’d love to hear from you!

• Hybrid working
• Option to work a 9-day fortnight
• Meaningful work supporting homes, care & community services across south Wales

You’ll lead tender activity, support contract management, and help shape best practice across the organisation. This is a fixed term 18 months full-time opportunity with the option to work a 9-day fortnight – have a day off every other week!

As a not-for-profit organisation and leading provider of housing, care and support services in south Wales, Hafod’s goal is to deliver high-quality affordable homes and support for people to maintain their independence. Our Procurement Team supports this by ensuring we deliver compliant, strategic and value-driven procurement activities that enable colleagues to provide excellent services across Hafod.

What you’ll do:

As part of our Procurement Team, you’ll manage end-to-end procurement activity to help us deliver high-quality, compliant and value-for-money outcomes. You will lead tender exercises, develop specifications, evaluate supplier submissions, negotiate contracts and support effective contract management. You’ll be a key point of contact for colleagues across Hafod, providing guidance, training and hands-on support to ensure procurement activity aligns with the Procurement Act 2023, Public Contracts Regulations, Welsh Government policy frameworks and Hafod’s internal procedures.

What you’ll need:

• Experience managing procurement activity in a public sector or regulated environment.
• Working knowledge of Welsh procurement frameworks, Sell2Wales, eTenderWales and the Procurement Act 2023.
• Strong relationship-building skills and experience advising or coaching colleagues.
• The ability to analyze spend and supplier performance data, identify risks and recommend improvements.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex procurement requirements clearly.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple procurement activities simultaneously.

Benefits:

• The role offers a salary of £34,000 per annum.
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing with length of service.
• Option to work a 9-day fortnight.
• Pension contributions of 8% and salary sacrifice schemes.
• Employee assistance programme and wellbeing resources available 24/7.
• ‘Perks’ – a range of shopping and activity discounts and cashback options.
• We are a Family Friendly organisation.
• Learning and development support from our in-house team.

We provide a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support you at every stage of your career. From technical procurement training to leadership development, we have programmes to help you grow and succeed.

Our Behaviours:

Our Behaviours guide the way we work, shape how we grow, and ensure each of us can have a positive impact within our roles. To find out more, please see the attached Hafod Behaviours Framework.

Next steps:

If you would like further information about this opportunity, please contact Nikhat Shaikh at Nikhat.shaikh@hafod.org.uk. If you are interested in applying for this role, please click ‘Apply’ and you will be diverted to our recruitment platform.

Interview date: Tuesday 05 May 2026 at St Hilary Court. If successful for this role, a DBS check will be required. Hafod reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration.