About The Land Development Agency
The Land Development Agency (LDA) is a key Government Commercial Semi-State Body that delivers social and affordable housing on State and other lands.
It is overseen by an independent board of directors and is funded with €3.75 billion of equity capital committed by the Government.
It is also permitted to borrow up to €1.25bn.The LDA has commenced construction on various state sourced lands and is currently working on about 20 direct delivery projects that can deliver over 8,000 homes.
It is also delivering affordable housing by working with private sector on an initiative called 'Project Tosaigh', which will yield a further 5,000 homes on land provided by housebuilders.
Additionally, the LDA is working on large-scale longer-term strategic areas by master-planning and bringing forward planning applications in locations such as Limerick Colbert Quarter, the Digital Hub in Dublin and Sandy Road in Galway.
The LDA is underpinned by a positive, collegiate, 'can do' culture based on our core values of Integrity, Results, Collaboration, Sustainability and Innovation.
Our team is around 160 people and growing rapidly.The Land Development Agency ("LDA"), a commercial semi-state body seeks a Senior Procurement Specialist to assist in delivery of a best practice procurement function.
The successful candidate will work with the Procurement Manager to support all aspects of procurement across the group and operations including the development and implementation of the procurement strategy, identifying procurement needs, developing a procurement plan, managing a variety of tenders and negotiation of contracts.
The Senior Procurement Specialist will be required to work specifically with multiple internal stakeholders to further develop the procurement function providing specialist knowledge to ensure our tenders are comprehensive and fully compliant with Irish and EU public procurement rules, guidelines and regulations.
Key ResponsibilitiesManagement of a procurement reporting systems to include a contract register to provide oversight of procured contracts and forecasted procurement requirements.
Partner and collaborate with internal business units and teams in defining, reviewing and agreeing detailed strategies in line with business objectives including significant construction projects.
Develop sourcing strategies by collaborating with business stakeholders, carrying out in spend analysis, and supply market evaluation to define and prioritise sourcing within the construction category.
Prepare and coordinate strategic OJEU and stand-alone tender documentation and oversee tender process including;
Ensuring transitional processes are in place in relation to services being transferred from an incumbent supplier to a new supplier.
Previous experience of applying stringent compliance standards in a procurement function while managing the execution and documentation of tender processes.
Experience of working in a multi-disciplined team and demonstrated the ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently.