Crescent Purchasing Consortium

The only consortium owned by Further Education, providing the FE and Academies sectors with value for money contracts across the UK

We Are Re-Advertising The Job Opportunity To Be A CPC Representative (Southern)

1st Jan 2012

The CPC is a national procurement consortium for a wide variety of education sectors including FE Colleges, Academies and Schools. We are a membership organisation providing EU compliant frameworks and professional purchasing support to our members.

The CPC Head Office is in the Greater Manchester area but with Consortium members throughout the United Kingdom, we are seeking to recruit a CPC Representative to increase our presence in the Southern regions. The successful candidate will primarily be covering East Anglia, London, South East Midlands, South East, South West, South Wales and South West Midlands. Main duties will include visits to member institutions, attendance at appropriate meetings and some purchasing duties in liaison with the CPC head office.

The candidate will need to ensure they have access to members across the relevant regions and this will necessitate substantial travel across the assigned territory.

Contact details for questions in relation to this post are detailed below. The Job Description and Person Specification can be found in the document. Please also see the additional Recruitment Information with advice for candidates.

Post: CPC Representative (Southern)
Salary offered: From £25,000 to £28,000 depending on skills & experience + Car Allowance

Closing date for applications: 09.00 hours Monday February 6th 2012.

Please complete the Application Form and return this by post to:

Karen Stout
Corporate Services Manager
Crescent Purchasing Ltd
Technology House
Lissadel Street
Salford
M6 6AP

Queries or requests for further information should be addressed to either Karen Stout on 0161 295 7237 (email k.stout@salford.ac.uk) or Adrian Davies (Contracting Manager) on 0161 295 2555 (email a.davies@salford.ac.uk).

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