Supply Chain Manager

Dalkia Group; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading facilities management company is seeking a Talent Acquisition Manager to manage supply chain activities. The role requires a strong procurement background, skill in Excel, and experience with Power BI. The position offers flexible working arrangements, a pension, and private medical insurance. The ideal candidate has strong analytical skills and an understanding of the facilities management sector.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Pension 6-8% match

Life insurance

Private medical insurance

25 days holiday, plus bank holidays

Employee assistance programme

Recognition programmes

Qualifications

• A procurement/supply chain background in facilities management or similar service outsourcing.
• Intermediate Excel skills including pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, and formulas.
• Experience of Power BI reporting.
• Strong analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Align supply chain strategy with company needs.
• Support profit improvement through better buying.
• Increase preferred supplier framework agreements.
• Provide supply chain nominations for category management.
• Analyse spend data to optimise use of preferred suppliers.
• Arrange supplier days for innovation capture.
• Create business-wide SRM strategy.
• Report on supply chain performance.
• Support corrective action plans.
• Manage supplier onboarding processes.

Skills

Procurement/supply chain background in facilities management

Intermediate Excel skills

Experience of Power BI reporting

Strong analytical skills

Job description

Talent Acquisition Manager at Dalkia UK

It’s an exciting time to join Dalkia. As a leading Technical Facilities Management Company who maintain buildings for our clients nationwide, we remain on track to deliver a successful year and our business is growing. There is a real, positive buzz around our brand in our highly competitive marketplace. Our success speaks volumes for our culture and the commitment of our people, who embody that positive, can‑do, service‑led approach that brings real shape and character to our business.

We’re now looking for a Supply Chain Manager based out of our London or Birmingham office to provide supply chain management and support in our fast paced, growing facilities management business. Reporting directly into our Head of Procurement, this is a brand new role so you’ll really have the chance to make it your own.

Summary of Responsibilities

• Align the supply chain strategy with the company’s needs to ensure the business is provided best‑in‑class suppliers at competitive rates, to enhance our overall service offering to our customers.
• Support the delivery of profit improvement for our clients through better buying.
• Increase preferred supplier framework agreements.
• Provide supply chain nominations for category management through adopting best‑in‑class procurement practices throughout the business.
• Analyse spend data to rationalise the supply chain, optimise the use of preferred suppliers and track progress to ensure targets are achieved.
• Arrange and attend supplier days to capture innovation and deliver Dalkia’s expectations, both for Procurement and individual contracts, creating a template and agenda and providing support where required.
• Create a business‑wide SRM strategy, providing templates, structure and support.
• Capture and report on performance of the supply chain.
• Support corrective action plans.
• Produce reports on growth & reward schemes, increased use of preferred suppliers and rationalisation of the supply chain benefits, to be communicated to the business.
• Take ownership of supplier onboarding processes and acceptance criteria.
• All other areas surrounding procurement tasks.

To be successful in the role you will have

• A procurement/supply chain background in facilities management or similar service outsourcing business.
• Intermediate Excel skills including pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, formulas – to be assessed as part of the selection process.
• Experience of Power BI reporting.
• Strong analytical skills.

We offer

• Flexible working arrangements.
• Pension 6‑8% match.
• Life insurance.
• Private medical insurance.
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, with ability to purchase an additional 5 days holiday per year.
• Employee assistance programme – free confidential support on all lifestyle matters.
• Recognition programmes.

At Dalkia, we are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. We ensure that every applicant is treated fairly and respectfully throughout our selection process. If you require any adjustments, please inform us in confidence. Our talent acquisition team is here to assist you.

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior Level Employment type: Full‑time Job function: Management and Supply Chain Industries: Facilities Services