Procurement Business Partner

Service Care Solutions are seeking interest, to increase capacity of the Commercial team at Cumbria Police for up to a 6-month period to deal with workload.

We are looking for innovative and creative individual with skills, knowledge, and experience of working within a Public Sector procurement environment.

Location: Penrith (Hybrid)

Pay: Umbrella rate: £24.72

Knowledge/experience required:

• Relevant professional qualification (ideally CIPS level 4 or above/ working towards), and/or relevant experience in this field.


• Working knowledge of public procurement regulations/ working in a Public Sector procurement environment.


• Procurement practitioner experience of undertaking quote & tender exercises.


• Experience in stakeholder/customer engagement/ supplier relationship & contract management.


• Experience of developing/delivering effective working alliances, partnerships, and services.


• Excellent communication, team working/leadership skills.


• Good problem solving and innovative thinking.


• Ability to effectively prioritise own and other workloads.


• Good IT skills (desirable experience of Oracle/ oracle Fusion, E-tendering portals & contract databases).

If you are interested in this role or want further discussion, please contact Lewis Ashcrofteither via email: lewis.ashcroft@servicecare.org.uk or tel: 01772208962.

Alternatively, if you have any friend or colleagues that might be interested, please feel free to refer them as we a have a referral scheme in place of up to £400.