Working Pattern: Full time
Working Arrangement: 36.25 hours per week / Hybrid working between Office, Home, and client offices as required
Interview Date/Type: W/C 27th July 2026 & 3rd August 2026 / Microsoft Teams
SMART Working: We aim to offer flexibility wherever possible. Many of our colleagues work from home one or more days a week and/or adjust their hours. We call this SMART working - giving you the freedom to shape your working pattern around your life, whilst still delivering great outcomes. Speak with the hiring manager about the range of flexible working options available for this role.
The team is employed by Trafford Council. STAR Procurement/Trafford Council recognise the benefits of working from home, however there are also benefits of spending some time alongside colleagues in an office environment and so we offer a ‘Smart Working’ approach which includes Hybrid working. The office is based at Waterside House in Sale.
STAR Procurement have a growth strategy which provides an exciting environment for growth and opportunities for our team, our ‘Grow Your Own’ Policy encourages opportunities within the team and we have had many successful internal promotions.
STAR procurement really is a great place to work with fantastic benefits. We embrace innovation and encourage performance. We’re keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
Due to growth and retirement, we currently have exciting Procurement Officer vacancies within our Adults and Place Teams, these are key roles within the organisation and we are looking for a successful candidates to enable us to continue to build on our success and also bring new experience, knowledge and ideas into the team.
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Are you passionate about making a difference? About getting the best value, delivering efficiencies and Social Value?
Do you want to work in an exciting, growing environment with other procurement professionals?
STAR Procurement is the award winning shared procurement service for Stockport, Trafford, Tameside, Rochdale, Knowsley and St Helens Councils. STAR Procurement provides a strategic procurement service, ensuring that its Councils obtain best value when contracting with third party suppliers.
This role offers exceptional exposure and experience across six councils, providing the opportunity to work with a diverse range of stakeholders, communities, and service areas.
We are passionate about using our expertise to improve processes and procedures as well as delivering on savings and compliance through our strategic procurement approach. STAR are a very ambitious organisation and we are continually expanding and so this is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing dynamic team.
This advert may close early if we receive a high number of applications, so please apply as soon as possible.
For the full details of this opportunity, please refer to the role profile linked below.
If you have any questions or would like an informal chat you can get in contact with the hiring manager, Tim Kulewa at [email protected]
