About The Role
The main day-to-day focus of the role shall be to develop and/or manage a diverse range of Goods, Services and Works contracts in line with the Scottish Model of Procurement. The role will require active contribution towards the effective and efficient operation of the SPS Procurement team through a range of direct and indirect procurement activities. You will be given your own work portfolio to manage in addition to providing support to other members of the team.
Whilst carrying out your duties, you shall provide a procurement service to a range of internal stakeholder groups, including but not limited to: Estates & Technical Services; Operations Directorate; Digital Services; Human Resources; and Legal Services.
Tasks will include, for example:
- Preparing tendering paperwork
- Utilising the electronic tendering system and associated electronic contract management module (PCS‑T and ECM) and the Scottish Government portal for advertising contract opportunities (PCS)
- Developing tender evaluation matrices and associated recommendation reports
- Undertaking contract reviews and pricing reviews, and making recommendations on whether to extend an existing contract or not
- Monitoring and measuring supplier performance
- Exploring and obtaining added value
In addition to the above duties, you will undertake ‘on the job’ training and reflective learning, with a mix of formal and informal training and development. This will be a hybrid working role with a mix of remote and on-site working and it will at times require attendance at SPS headquarters or other sites as required.
