Capital Procurement Manager

-; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction materials company is seeking a Capital Procurement Manager to oversee £200m annual Capex Procurement for UK businesses. You will manage supplier relationships, lead a procurement team, and drive sustainability improvements. The ideal candidate should ideally hold an MCIPS qualification and have experience in Capex procurement within an engineering environment. This role offers career development, competitive rewards, and benefits including a bonus scheme and enhanced holiday entitlement.

Benefits

Bonus scheme

Enhanced holiday entitlement

Contributory pension scheme

Discounts on retailers and holidays

Employee Assistance helpline

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in Capex procurement in an engineering business.
• Proven track record in managing end-to-end procurement processes.
• Experience in project management and successfully delivering projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage strategic relationships with Capex suppliers.
• Engage with stakeholders across various departments.
• Lead the Capex procurement team and implement process improvements.
• Drive sustainability improvements in procurement strategy.

Skills

Expert management of strategic relationships

Stakeholder engagement and influencing

Capex procurement process knowledge

Team leadership and workload management

Tendering and negotiation skills

Education

MCIPS qualification

Job description

About the Role

Reporting into the Senior Procurement Manager for Cement & Sustainability, the successful Capital Procurement Manager will have responsibility for circa £200m annualised Capex Procurement for UK businesses. You will also liaise with directors & internal senior stakeholders to ensure efficient Capex procurement processes.

What you’ll be doing

• Have expert management of strategic relationships with key country Capex suppliers to drive value aligned to the objectives of Tarmac
• Proactively engaging and influencing stakeholders including Engineering, project management and senior levels in the business
• Being the business expert in Capex procurement process both in end to end process knowledge, tendering, supply market & contract management
• Effectively leading the Capex procurement team including workload management, process improvements and excellent communication
• Maximising the value of capital budgets by effective tendering and negotiation and proactive business engagement and responsiveness to stakeholders.
• Ensuring highest ethical principles and standards are implemented
• Developing & implementing the procurement strategy to drive sustainability improvements for Tarmac; contributing to the net zero carbon initiative both within UK operation & the supply chain

What we are looking for

• Ideally MCIPS qualified.
• Experience in Capex procurement in an engineering business environment.
• Experience in managing and improving capex procurement end‑to‑end process and driving improvement and efficiencies.
• Experience in project management and delivering projects.

Why Tarmac?

You’ll be joining a collaborative, innovative team. We offer opportunities to grow, take ownership, and work on impactful projects across our organisation and the broader CRH Group.

Ready to build your future with us?

In addition to the role of Capital Procurement Manager we also offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry‑leading rewards, incentives and benefits including:

• Bonus scheme
• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
• Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc.(REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female voice and menopause
• Training and development opportunities

Tarmac, a CRH company, is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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Tarmac Trading Limited