Procurement activity within the our client has risen significantly over recent years. On-going and upcoming projects have significantly increased activity within the Procurement Department and has a requirement for an onsite Procurement Manager who shall complete their tasks, including those listed below, to the highest standards.
Your key responsibilities:
- Management of eTenders during the procurement;
- Advising on supply market analysis and conducting market consultations;
- Management of procurement process of tender competitions including receipt and response of tender clarifications and ensuring clarifications and amendments are relayed to tenderers in a timely manner to ensure transparency in the tender process;
- Acting as the procurement advisor on relevant project steering committees;
- Liaising with both in-house and external legal advisors on the drafting of tender and contractual documentation;
- Issuing of coordinating instructions to project SME’s and evaluators;
- Providing in-house briefing sessions to evaluators prior to evaluation meetings;
- Coordinating and chairing dialogue meetings with tenderers;
- Coordinating and chairing evaluation meetings with evaluators;
- Managing the contract execution process with successful tenderers
- Issue of Letters of Intent and Standstill letters to tenderers including liaising with unsuccessful tenderers to ensure appropriate feedback is provided;
Additional Responsibilities may include:
- Liaising with staff in relation to requirement for goods and services for drafting of applicable procurement documents;
- Support the inclusion of sustainable and green practices;
- Advising staff as to appropriate method of procurement with reference to procurement thresholds, appropriate legislation, applicable timelines
- Publishing tender advertisements on both eTenders website and European Journal;
- Ensuring transitional processes are in place in relation to services being transferred from an incumbent supplier to a new supplier
- Agreeing contract changes with relevant suppliers and managing the execution of contracts;
- Publishing contract award notices on both eTenders website and European Journal; and
- Regular notifications to all staff notifying of any relevant procurement legislation changes and policy and procedures updates.
Requirements for the Role
- Knowledge of 2016 Public Sector Regulations and 2016 Utilities Regulations;
- Knowledge of Infrastructure Guidelines;
- Experience working with the eTenders
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; and
- Ability to work on own initiative, as part of a team and as leader of a group.
Skills and attributes for success
- analytical ability, with a logical approach to problem solving and sound judgement;
- Capacity to proactively and constructively contribute to team tasks;
- Strong organisational and administrative skills;
- Strong MS Office and MS Excel skills;
- Ability to communicate and interact effectively with stakeholders; and
- A ‘can-do’ approach with the ability to organise and prioritise workloads to meet procurement deadlines.
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