Procurement & Commercial Strategy Lead

Tradebe Environmental Services; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Contributory pension

Benefits platform access

Job summary

Tradebe Environmental Services in the United Kingdom is seeking a Procurement & Commercial Support Manager who will improve supplier governance, cost transparency, and commercial control across operations, maintenance, and shutdowns.

You will work closely with site leadership, Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Finance, Procurement, and SHEQ to ensure supplier decisions are commercially sound and well documented in a busy industrial setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement, commercial, contract, or supplier management within an industrial, operational, engineering, or maintenance environment.
• Understanding of labour-based contracts, cost-plus pricing, materials procurement, and maintenance or engineering operations.
• Experience negotiating with suppliers and managing commercial agreements.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to build trust and challenge appropriately across site teams, contractors, and stakeholders.
• Able to work effectively in fast-paced operational environments.

Responsibilities

• Leading site-level supplier governance, reviewing performance, capability, compliance, risk, and overall value.
• Supporting supplier negotiations, framework agreements, benchmarking, and alternative sourcing activity.
• Reviewing and challenging scopes, quotations, rate structures, labour hours, materials charges, variations, and invoices.
• Providing procurement and commercial support for shutdowns, major maintenance activity, and high-value operational work.
• Introducing practical procurement processes, including approval routes, quote evaluations, change records, and supplier performance measures.
• Driving continuous improvement while ensuring procurement supports operations rather than slowing them down.

Skills

Supplier governance

Commercial control

Cost transparency

Contract management

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Tools

SAP

Job description

Tradebe Environmental Services in the United Kingdom is seeking a Procurement & Commercial Support Manager who will improve supplier governance, cost transparency, and commercial control across operations, maintenance, and shutdowns.

You will work closely with site leadership, Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Finance, Procurement, and SHEQ to ensure supplier decisions are commercially sound and well documented in a busy industrial setting.