Sourcing Specialist

Are you looking for an opportunity to join a forward thinking, flexible and supportive Procurement team, where you can build on your Procurement career? If so, we have some exciting opportunities for you. We're recruiting to our Strategic Procurement Team and are looking talented, curious and motivated Sourcing Specialists to join us. These roles will focus on providing procurement expertise, strong customer relationships skills and procurement project management knowledge. As a Sourcing Specialist, you'll work across a wide range of exciting procurement projects, partnering with stakeholders from across the Council to deliver innovative and effective procurement solutions and develop procurement skills. Procurement at East Sussex County Council is at the heart of delivering high-quality public services. The Strategic Procurement Team work closely together, sharing knowledge, commercial expertise and resource to best service our customer's needs. The team manages high volumes of spend with external suppliers, procuring everything from software to social care services, cleaning products to sports equipment. Our work directly contributes to better outcomes for residents and stronger local communities.,

• Hannah Phillips, Strategic Procurement Manager -
• Mandi Edwards, Strategic Procurement Manager -
• James Cooper, Strategic Procurement Manager -
  
  Are committed to delivering effective customer service
• Are pro-active, show initiative and offer innovative ideas for improvements
• Are able to plan and organise their work effectively
• Have communication skills
• Are able to work collaboratively and build effective relationships across teams and services
If you're looking for a role where you can build your career, broaden your experience and see the real-world impact of your work, we'd love to hear from you. Your Office base will be at County Hall in Lewes. We support a hybrid working approach Typically, you'd be expected to be in the office a minimum of one day a week, with flexibility required to meet business needs., Working at East Sussex County Council, our values and behaviours are just as important as our skills and abilities. An awareness of procurement is preferred but not essential and we welcome applications from people with a range of commercial experience.

From flexible working to job sharing (where possible), we are committed to supporting a healthy work-life balance. We offer a wide range of benefits, including:
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Family-friendly policies
• Access to employee discounts and savings schemes
• Travel, cycle and electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes
• Health and wellbeing support