The vacancy Your typical day could start with supporting the Procurement Business Partners and Managers with the development of category strategies, complex and high-value procurements. Then you might be reviewing the Groups third party spend to ensure compliance and value for money are achieved, before carrying out detailed supplier market research and engagement. As a Procurement Officer you'll be the 'face of Peabody' and no one day is the same. You'll be at the heart of your Peabody community, playing a crucial role supporting the practical needs and wellbeing of residents and ensuring community safety. With a particular focus on ensuring Peabody remains legally compliant, you'll actively ensure communication is clear and adherence to Peabody procurement guidelines, procedures, and policies offering guidance and support on procurement related queries. You're a people person who likes to get things done. You'll enjoy working collaboratively with other teams and you're first rate at building meaningful relationships across the business to enable you to find creative solutions to issues. You'll need to be at the Westminster Bridge Road office 1-2 days per week and the remaining time you'll be able to work remotely. Your role covers many aspects of procurement - everything from presenting information to colleagues to ensuring savings and efficiencies are tracked. If you're creative in your problem-solving, energised by supporting your customers and, like us, committed to helping people flourish, we want to hear from you. To be successful in this role, you're: Experience working within Public Contracts Regulations. Working towards MCIPS qualification. Experienced in low value tenders/quotations. A confident communicator. Skilled in Microsoft Office packages including Procurement systems. A bit about us: 160 years after it was established, Peabody is one of the oldest not-for-profit housing associations in the UK. The Peabody Group is responsible for more than 107,000 homes, with around 220,000 residents across London and the Home Counties. We also have around 20,000 care and support customers. Our purpose is to help people flourish, and we are getting closer to residents by taking a local approach. We are committed to delivering a responsive and easily accessible repairs service and investing in our existing homes so they are safe and well maintained. Our retrofit projects will make thousands of our homes more energy efficient. We work with councils and communities to promote economic inclusion, tackle inequality and poverty, and prioritise wellbeing. Here are just a few of the benefits of working at Peabody: 30 days' annual holiday, plus bank holidays two additional paid volunteering days each year flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal 4 x salary life assurance up to 10% pension contribution Are you ready to apply? PLEASE NOTE: As an employer, Peabody does not provide sponsorship as a licenced UK employer. To be considered for the position of Procurement Officer, please click on the 'Apply Now' button and submit both your CV and a bit about why we should consider you for the role. If you have any questions about this role please email Talent Specialist, Tanisha Johnson at [email protected] Peabody reserves the right to close this advert before the advertised closing date, depending on the number of applications received. Interviews will be in-person, taking place week commencing 12 August 2024