Contract type: Essential

This role is located in the financial department of the university, located on the historic campus. Posttholder will work closely with the Director of Procurement, the Finance Team, and other adult stakeholders to supervise purchases throughout the institution.

As a major member of the Finance Team, Postolder will manage a wide range of responsibilities including high -value/complex purchasing management, suppliers’ participation, contract compliance, and value initiatives for money. The role provides a dynamic and varied work, with a regular interaction through departments and with external partners, which makes it ideal for a person who flourishes in a cooperative environment directed towards details and fast.

The main purpose of this role is to provide support for professional and executive purchases for a wide range of academic researchers, senior stakeholders, administrators and technical employees. To increase the return on research grants and spending revenues in terms of improved improvements, research, learning and learning, and enhances the global status of the university as an institution led by research. To manage the main equipment, business, commodities and purchasing services; Conduct detailed spending analyzes; To determine, create and provide strategic opportunities that improve value; And apply best practices of the relationship and contract management techniques.

Through high -level experience in Hefe’s purchases, the purchasing specialist will join a small team that provides tender and contracting services to the university and provides the local administration for cooperative agreements.

We are looking for a specialist in qualified and experienced purchases to provide guidance through these changes, and in this way, the successful candidate will be taught to the level of certificate, and he has a 6 -level professional diploma and has extensive experience in buying higher education. They will have a comprehensive knowledge of the sector and experience in managing complex high -value purchase procedures. The vulgar ability to think strategically and contribute to both operating and strategic planning is necessary.

The salary will be on the right point on the seventh -grade salary scale, 46,735 pounds – 55,755 pounds sterling and placed according to qualifications and experience.

Unofficial inquiries for Martin Phillips, Director of Procurement, Email: M.phillips@abdn.ac.uk

If you need a visa to do work in the United Kingdom, you will be required to fulfill the minimum points standards to ensure a care certificate under the professional workers ’visa requirements. At a time when an appointment is made, you will be asked to prove that you meet the criteria regarding qualification and efficiency in the English language. For research and academic jobs, we will consider eligibility under the global talent visa.

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Job Reference Number: Fin135a

The closure date for receiving requests 9^Y October 2025

The school / financing department hosts a diverse work environment and recognizes many benefits that this can bring. Individual applications are encouraged by all equal protected properties.