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Procurement category specialist

Latest available data: December 2024 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Associate category specialist Category specialist Market specialist Procurement associate category specialist Supply specialist

Procurement category specialists are experts in specific markets and contract types and provide advanced knowledge of a particular category of supplies, services or works. They help internal or external clients to increase value for money and end users' satisfaction through their advanced knowledge of the suppliers and their offering.

Tasks

(a) Liaising and consulting with programme administrators and other interested parties to identify policy needs;
(b) Reviewing existing policies and legislation to identify anomalies and out-of-date provisions;
(c) Researching social, economic and industrial trends, and client expectations of programmes and services provided;
(d) Formulating and analysing policy options, preparing briefing papers and recommendations for policy changes, and advising on preferred options;
(e) Assessing impacts, financial implications, interactions with other programmes and political and administrative feasibility of policies;
(f) Conducting threat and risk assessments and developing responses;
(g) Reviewing operations and programmes to ensure consistency with policies of the organization.

Knowledge

  • Wholesale and retail sales
  • Management and administration
  • Work skills
  • Building and civil engineering
  • Law

Digital competencies

  • Purchasing goods or services
  • Developing solutions
  • Complying with operational procedures
  • Developing operational policies and procedures
  • Developing professional relationships or networks

Digital competencies

  • Using digital tools for collaboration and productivity
  • Analysing and evaluating information and data

Personal competencies

  • Collaborating in teams and networks
  • Leading others
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts
  • Following ethical code of conduct

Professional groups of the occupation

Technicians and associate professionals

Science and engineering associate professionals

Process control technicians

Petroleum and natural gas refining plant operators

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Petroleum and natural gas refining plant operators

1.242

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

50,88%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-17,86% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

74,73%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

12,80%

Part-time contracts

1,09% Turnover index

263

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

10%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Science and engineering associate professionals

70%

30%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Science and engineering associate professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Process control technicians

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Petroleum and natural gas refining plant operators

No experience
10%
Less than 1 year
22%
Between 1 and 2 years
15%
Between 2 and 4 years
31%
Between 4 and 8 years
5%
More than 8 years
17%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
28%
Administrative and support service activities
20%
Manufacturing
18%
Education
7%
Information and communication
5%
Others
22%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.