Procurement Manager

Kier Construction; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is seeking a Procurement Manager for their Natural Resources team. This role involves strategic sourcing, negotiation, and governance for effective procurement within a significant framework project. Offering hybrid working conditions, the ideal candidate should possess relevant industry experience, a degree, and strong negotiation skills.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Tailored benefits

Qualifications

• Experienced professional responsible for strategic project level decisions.
• Experience within infrastructure/utilities including civil engineering and MEICA.
• Knowledge of SAP SRM and Jaggaer systems.

Responsibilities

• Ensure adherence to procurement policies of Kier Group and Framework.
• Support in developing Framework procurement strategy.
• Negotiate with subcontractors and suppliers.

Skills

Negotiation

Sourcing

Governance

Health and Safety Accreditation

Sustainability Knowledge

Education

Relevant degree

Chartered status or appropriate professional qualification

Tools

SAP SRM

Jaggaer systems

Job description

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We're looking for a Procurement Manager to join our Natural Resources team, within a commutable distance to Falmer. In this role you'll be procurement manager for our new 7 year, c£1bn framework with Southern Water.

Location: Hybrid working with weekly visits to sites and the Falmer office, East Sussex

Contract: Permanent, Full Time – flexible and part time hours may be available if desired, just let us know

Responsibilities

As a Procurement Manager you'll be working within the team, supporting them with the sourcing, negotiation and governance of goods and subcontract procurement.

Your Day To Day Will Include

• Ensuring that procurement policies of both Kier Group, and Framework are adhered to.
• Supporting Procurement / Commercial Lead in developing Framework procurement strategy.
• Ensuring Subcontractors and suppliers have the relevant Health and Safety Accreditation and Sustainability and Carbon reduction policies that align to Kiers standards.
• Negotiating with Subcontractors and Suppliers to ensure that specific clauses in our client contracts are flowed down to ensure that contractual risks & KPI's are balanced and work with budgets / estimating outputs to assess selection criteria.
• Developing and own preferred suppliers & strategic partnerships to deliver best value for all parties, ensuring that these service providers can be relied on to deliver high quality, value for money services.
  
  

What are we looking for?

This role of Procurement Manager is great for you if:

• You're an experienced professional responsible for strategic project level decisions.
• Experience within the infrastructure/utilities sector including civil engineering and MEICA requirements.
• Hold a degree relating to the industry and a chartered status or appropriate professional qualification.
• Knowledge of SAP SRM and Jaggaer systems.
  
  

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities. You can see more information about our water business here.

There's never been a better time to get involved, register your interest today and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us!

Rewards And Benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Purchasing and Supply Chain

• Industries

  Construction

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