Senior Procurement Officer (Sustainability)

University Corporate Services  

This new full-time post is available immediately on a fixed term basis until 24th February 2026. 

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home.  

Summary of the role 

We are seeking an experienced, creative and solution driven Senior Procurement Sustainability Officer (SPO) in the Strategic Procurement team, who will be responsible for helping to drive value from procurement of goods and services whilst realising the university’s sustainability ambitions and collaborating with key stakeholders (internal and external) to develop sustainable, procurement initiatives. Sustainability training will be given.  

The successful candidate will be able to: 

• Source solutions that minimises the environmental impact of the University’s supply chain whilst realising value for money. 
• Deliver Cashable and Non-cashable savings to support the University’s savings target. 
• Source solutions that deliver social value benefits. 
• Develop procurement strategies compliant with the Procurement Regulations, which also promote and realise new sustainability ideas and solutions.  
• Collaboratively work with multiple stakeholder on multiple procurements at any one time. 
• Communicate and present to senior stakeholders on procurement strategy, planning and execution of end-to-end procurement projects for relevant spend categories. 
• Develop procurement strategies derived from spend data analysis & research and using where appropriate, frameworks to source goods & services within a dynamic & agile environment. 

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role. 

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes. 

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment 

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces. 

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.     

Benefits  

We offer some fantastic benefits including: 

• 41 days leave per year 
• options for flexible working  
• numerous discounts at leading retailers 
• onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme 
• sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy 
• stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England 

Further information 

For any informal queries, please contact Dave Burchill (d.burchill@exeter.ac.uk) 

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