Senior Procurement Manager

Strabag; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in the UK is seeking an experienced Senior Procurement Manager to develop and lead their procurement strategy across projects. Ideal candidates will have strong experience in construction, excellent negotiation skills, and a degree in a related discipline. The role involves managing a procurement team while ensuring compliance with policies and driving innovation in procurement processes. This position offers the chance to advance your career in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience within construction or engineering is essential.
• Experience managing a Procurement team within the construction industry.
• Experience with the tendering process.

Responsibilities

• Devise and deliver Procurement Strategy.
• Lead and drive Procurement Strategy across projects.
• Negotiate pricing and contracts with suppliers.
• Support the Work Winning teams ensuring strategies are in place.
• Manage Procurement team group-wide.

Skills

Strategically minded

Creative

Good IT skills

Communication skills

Strong financial awareness

Commercial awareness

Education

Degree in business, procurement or related discipline

CIPS Qualified

Job description

If you are an ambitious Senior Procurement Manager looking for a new challenge in Civil Engineering and would like to help shape future of STRABAG, then please read the below job description.

• Degree qualified in a business, procurement or related discipline
• CIPS Qualified
• Experience within construction/engineering or similar background
• Strategically minded and creative, able to translate a vision into clear methodical plans.
• Experience of Managing a Procurement team within the Construction industry.
• Experience of running supply chain events
• Experience with tendering process (CompeteFor etc)
• Good IT and Communication skills at all levels.
• Strong financial and commercial awareness.

STRABAG - Work On Progress: Becoming Climate Neutral by 2040.

• Devise and deliver Procurement Strategy
• Be an advocate of change.
• Lead and drive Procurement Strategy across project and initiatives.
• Establish, build, and maintain collaborative relationships with all key suppliers.
• Negotiate pricing, contracts, and payment terms with suppliers to secure savings.
• Provide material and goods projections to key suppliers to ensure availability on a timely basis.
• To drive and support Category management ensuring utilisation and maximisation of group frameworks.
• To promote and support the use of internal businesses and ensure that they are included in all tender opportunities.
• Ensure that Procurement are leading the sub-contract procurement across the business.
• To support the Work Winning teams and ensure that Procurement Strategies are in place.
• Manage the Procurement team group-wide, including recruitment, developing staff and managing agreed budgets.
• Ensure compliance with procedural, regulatory, quality, environmental and corporate social responsibility policies.
• Collaborate with operational management and the supply chain to identify innovation and source new and alternative materials and methods.
• Be an advocate for Procurement. Influence senior managers, and design and lead on direct benefits realisation.
• To lead and drive up-skilling and training within the Procurement team.
• Lead client facing activities across regional projects.
• Resolve any discrepancies with suppliers, grievances, claims, conflicts, product non-conformance or quality issues.
• Manage corporate initiatives with the supply chain.
• Ensure supplier evaluation forms and risk assessments are maintained.

Pre-employment screening is provided for this position. More information on our career website.

We stand for respect, partnership, and sustainability, creating a work environment that promotes safety, health, and development. Our committed and healthy employees are our most valuable asset – the foundation for sustainable growth and innovation. With our "People. Planet. Progress." strategy and the motto WORK ON PROGRESS, we drive change forward – with the goal of climate neutrality by 2040.

At STRABAG around 86,000 people working on progress at more than 2,400 locations worldwide. Uniqueness and individual strengths characterise both our projects and each of us as individuals. Whether its building construction, civil engineering, road construction, underground engineering, bridge building, tunnelling, construction material production, project development or building management – we are always one step ahead so that we can become the most innovative and sustainable construction technology company in Europe. Diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities are integral to this, who we are as a company and how we work.

Together we work as partners to complete projects successfully and grow with new challenges. Together we achieve great things. Let’s progress!

Buyer

STRABAG UK Ltd