Enabling Framework Manager

awg; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Health Insurance

Pension scheme with double-matched up

26 days holiday + bank holidays

Bonus scheme

Career development and accreditation

Job summary

Anglian Water is seeking an Enabling Framework Manager to lead the development and management of enabling frameworks across its £9bn capital programme. You will strengthen supplier relationships, ensure value for money, and champion sustainability while delivering compliant, high-quality frameworks.

Reporting to the Head of Enabling, you will drive performance, provide strategic insight, and collaborate with procurement, environment, and project teams to embed environmental and social value

Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent) in procurement, business, engineering, or environmental management.
• Experience managing frameworks, contracts, or supplier relationships in engineering/utilities/construction.
• Strong commercial acumen with focus on efficiency, compliance and value creation.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and management of enabling frameworks delivering best value.
• Strengthen supplier relationships and foster collaboration across the supply chain.
• Drive performance, review processes, and ensure high-quality outcomes.

Skills

Procurement

Framework management

Stakeholder management

Sustainability

Education

Relevant degree in procurement/engineering/environmental management

Job description

Enabling Framework Manager
Location: Anglian Water region wide (East Anglia)
Contract: Permanent

Salary: £49k

Are you a procurement professional passionate about driving sustainable change? Do you thrive on building strong supplier partnerships and delivering frameworks that make a tangible environmental impact?

If so, this is your opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping how Anglian Water delivers one of the UK’s most ambitious infrastructure programmes – while protecting and enhancing our region’s natural environment.

We’re looking for an Enabling Framework Manager to join us and work on Anglian Water’s thriving £9bn capital investment programme.

This isn’t a traditional project management role – it’s a strategic procurement and framework management position focused on enabling our partners and supply chain to deliver vital infrastructure in a way that supports climate resilience, environmental protection, and long-term value.

Reporting to the Head of Enabling, you’ll take ownership of managing key frameworks that underpin our capital delivery programme. You’ll ensure these frameworks are not only commercially effective and compliant, but that they also champion sustainability, innovation, and collaboration.

What You’ll Be Doing

As our Enabling Framework Manager, you will:

• Lead the development and management of enabling frameworks, ensuring they deliver best value, meet business needs, and align with Anglian Water’s environmental and sustainability objectives.
• Strengthen supplier relationships, fostering collaboration, innovation, and shared responsibility across the supply chain.
• Drive performance and efficiency, reviewing and improving processes to deliver consistent, high-quality outcomes.
• Champion compliance and best practice, ensuring suppliers meet all contractual, regulatory, and safety requirements.
• Provide strategic insight, preparing reports, analysis, and recommendations for senior management to inform procurement and delivery decisions.
• Promote sustainable procurement, embedding environmental and social value considerations throughout the framework lifecycle.
• Collaborate across disciplines, working closely with procurement, environment, and project delivery teams to ensure frameworks are integrated and effective.

About You

You’re an experienced procurement or framework management professional who understands how to balance commercial rigour with long-term environmental and social goals. You thrive on building partnerships, influencing outcomes, and seeing tangible results from your work.

To succeed, you’ll bring:

• A degree (or equivalent experience) in a relevant discipline such as procurement, business, engineering, or environmental management.
• Demonstrable experience managing frameworks, contracts, or supplier relationships within the engineering, utilities, or construction sectors.
• Strong commercial acumen with a focus on efficiency, compliance, and value creation.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills – able to collaborate effectively across complex project environments.
• A passion for sustainability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Ideally, professional qualifications such as MCIPS, Prince2, or equivalent experience in structured project or procurement delivery.

Why Join Us?

At Anglian Water, we’re committed to Doing the Right Thing – for our customers, our people, and the planet. Joining the @one Alliance means being part of an organisation that’s Always Exploring, leading the way in sustainable water management and environmental stewardship.

In return, you’ll benefit from:

• Private Health Insurance and access to lifestyle benefits including gym, dental, and car schemes
• 26 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with flexibility to buy or sell additional leave
• Pension scheme with double-matched contributions up to 7%
• Bonus scheme rewarding performance and contribution
• Opportunities for ongoing career development and professional accreditation

Ready to Make a Difference?

Together, we’ll build a better, more resilient future for the East of England.

Closing date: 22 September 2026