Wheatley Solutions
Job title: Procurement Category Specialist (Construction)
Duration: Permanent
Work Pattern: 35 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Location: Agile Home-Based Worker with travel to corporate offices and central belt building sites up to 2/3 per week
Salary: SCP 39-42 (£52,176 - £56,270) per annum
Do you want to work with a values-driven organisation that makes a difference to people’s lives? Come and join Wheatley Group as a Procurement Category Specialist.
About the role
Wheatley Group has a strong Procurement Team which supports a wide range of procurement requirements across the Group, to deliver high quality services and value-for-money to our customers.
We are looking for an experienced Procurement Category Specialist. To develop, agree and implement specific procurement strategies, using strategic sourcing techniques, best practice and sound contractual and commercial skills to support our growing new build and investment programmes. A key strand to this role will be working to deliver maximum output from the developer led and section 75 housing delivery, ensuring highest standards of quality, and value add outcomes are delivered. Wheatley Group is one of the UK’s most dynamic, agile and best-performing housing, care and property-management groups.
Owning and managing over 93,700 homes, Wheatley is Scotland’s largest and the UK’s fourth largest housing group and delivers award-winning services to over 210,000 people across 19 local authorities in Scotland. Wheatley employs 2,700 people directly and a further 2,000 as joint owners of one of Scotland’s largest repairs and maintenance companies, City Building (Glasgow). Over the past decade Wheatley’s Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) have created more than 11,000 jobs and 2,000 training places as they seek, with partners, to break the cycle of poverty and exclusion that many of its customers still experience.
The Group now has strategic agreements in place or being developed in six key areas of operation (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, West Lothian, East Lothian, and West Dunbartonshire) and operates within 19 Local Authority areas across central and South-West Scotland.
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for an experience procurement professional who can develop effective processes and procedures for managing the creation of Group frameworks, ability to maximise commercial competitions in accordance with public sector legislative procurement regulations.
We expect the successful candidate to manage the end-to-end procurement process for the category of new build and construction projects, supporting the group's delivery of capital and investment works.
You should have a strong background in procurement with knowledge and understanding of construction contracts, the future work plan includes procurement of a Group New Build framework, a range of Investment works packages and renewal contracts.
It is essential that you qualified or working towards a MCIPS qualification and desirable that you are educated to a degree level.
The benefits we offer
We offer a sector-leading benefits package.
The successful candidate will receive:
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a rewarding career with a competitive salary;
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access to a contributory pension scheme;
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excellent leave entitlements;
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enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave;
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contributions towards dental, optical, driving lessons and more;
- access to staff inclusion networks promoting an inclusive workplace; and
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24/7 access to our employee assistance programme.
We work hard to be an employer of choice and offer a range of flexible working options, an employee health plan and many other benefits.
Committed to inclusion
At Wheatley, are always looking to improve diversity within our teams. We want to create an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute their best work and achieve their full potential.
We actively celebrate our individual differences and recognise the collective strength this brings our organisation. It’s important our teams represent the communities we serve, and we welcome applications from any under-represented groups.
For an informal discussion in relation to this position, please contact Laurie Carberry, Director of Procurement Fleet and Utilities, on 07391 019893
Closing Date: 5pm on Thursday 4th June 2026
