Job Title: Procurement Manager
Location: Dorset – Christchurch – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: Circa £55,000 commensurate with skills and experience
What you’ll be doing:
* Manage subcontract activities in conjunction with Commercial, project and technical teams including capture plan support; subcontract construct; contract negotiation, contract implementation, ensuring robust handshake to the Procurement Delivery Team as appropriate for ongoing through-life or in-contract delivery
* Ensure the Procurement strategies are being enacted through major bids and campaigns to support business winning and growth
* Develop and implement supplier and third-party bid winning/support strategy; ensuring that critical supplier relationships are cultivated, developed and maintained so as to allow the business to fully meet customer current and future needs and innovation
* Manage and influence internal and external stakeholder relationships to ensure the Procurement bid service provision
* Support the development and implementation of procurement strategy, governance and innovative change programmes, ensuring consistency and effective improvement in procurement services, embedding a culture of continuous improvement and the sharing of best practices
* Demonstrate a good understanding of Company systems, risk and supplier management tools and ensure compliance with business processes
* Lead opportunity activities to maximise contract effectiveness and value contribution/ savings
* Enable open communication with suppliers to encourage collaboration and innovation where appropriate
* Be seen by internal and external stakeholders as a subject expert for Procurement within a business
Your skills and experiences:
* Significant experience working within a business winning procurement environment
* Possess a high standard of Procurement competence in key areas of sourcing, process knowledge especially negotiation and contracting skills
* Excellent project management skills, product awareness, commercial acumen, financial awareness, risk and opportunity management
* Have CIPS L5 qualification, IACCM or equivalent standard
* Good understanding of external environment and relevant market intelligence
* Demonstrate exemplary business acumen
* Ability to run and direct strategic bids and campaigns throughout the LCM lifecycle
* Coaching and supporting development as required
* Ability to develop and lead a high performing team, enabling a positive working culture that embraces diversity of thought as required
Benefits:
You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
Closing Date: 7th March 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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