Job Description

About The Team

Working with elected Members, the leadership team has set out a clear vision of how we will continue to deliver for our residents over the next five years. This plan will provide the vision and direction, as well as the framework for our organisation and our collective partnership working across West Sussex. It is now our job, with our Members, to deliver on these commitments for and on behalf of our residents. Working for us is all about making a positive difference to the people of West Sussex.

The Opportunity

Salary:

36,363 to 39,152per annum

Working Pattern

: Full time, 37 hours per week

Location:

County Hall, Chichester and working from (Hybrid)

Interview date:

26th September 2025



As the Procurement Analyst, the purpose of your role is to provide operational and systems expertise and support, championing a new best practice commercial approach to external spend, to deliver value for money outcomes and transform the ways services are delivered.



You will develop and implement analytics and reporting system that optimises performance for the business in terms of cost, quality, delivery, and responsiveness.



The Council has adopted a category-led approach, with three core category teams of People, Place and Resources - covering a wide variety and range of sub-categories including HR, IT, FM, consultancy, professional services (Resources); education, public health, adults and children social care (People); and highways, construction, waste and environment (Place). Across the three categories, annual spend with our suppliers is c900m/pa.



Reporting to the Operations and Analytics Manager, you will provide analytical support to category leads and category managers and be responsible for ensuring all analytical contributions to a category are captured and stored in line with the latest best practice systems. You will be the primary interface for reporting and analytics, developing better processes for procurements and leading stakeholders in best practices

What are we looking for?

We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly skilled individual with a focus on the following:


You will have proven analytical and reporting competencies using design, implementation and delivery methodologies focussed on improving stakeholder engagement and system experience. You will need, data presentation, technical change and communication skills adapting to changes in compliance, regulatory and governance requirements. You will be able to demonstrate the relevant subject matter expertise working with complex data sets on numerous ERP, CLM and Reporting applications / platforms.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the attached.

Working for us

As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide a great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:


an excellent

local government pension scheme

generous holiday entitlement of

27

days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave) a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave volunteering opportunities training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over 1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our

Staff discounts page

if you are a business looking to offer a discount) health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

For a full list this can be found at our

Rewards and Benefits page.

Further information

The reference number for this role is

CRS00970

.



For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Steve Brookfield Operations and Analytics Manager (

steve.brookfield@westsussex.gov.uk

) For issues or queries regarding your application please contact

hrrecruitment@westsussex.gov.uk

.

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.



We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our

application help

page.





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Job Reference: CRS00970