Procurement Manager

Kier Group; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A construction and infrastructure company is seeking a Procurement Manager to join its joint venture. You'll manage supplier relationships, ensure compliance with health and safety standards, and drive procurement strategies. Ideal candidates should have senior-level procurement experience and an HNC/HND in a construction discipline. Join us to make a meaningful impact in Plymouth.

Benefits

Life assurance

Private medical insurance

Matched pension scheme up to 7.5%

Enhanced family leave & policies

Qualifications

• Senior level experience in supply chain procurement.
• Experience with cost and time savings in a complex project.

Responsibilities

• Drive the strategic plan for the business unit at framework level.
• Manage budget costs and negotiate for value.
• Ensure suppliers meet health and safety and sustainability standards.

Skills

Self-management

Communication

IT skills

Relationship building

Education

HNC/HND in construction discipline

Job description

Benefits

• Life assurance
• Private medical insurance
• Additional holiday purchase opportunities
• Matched pension scheme up to 7.5%
• Enhanced family leave & policies
• Share plan schemes
• Free health & wellbeing services
• Green car scheme

Procurement Manager

We're looking for a Procurement Manager to join our joint venture with BAM Nuttall based at Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth

Location: Devon, Plymouth - remote working available, with occasional travel to the office required

Hours: Full time, Permanent - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

Responsibilities

As a Procurement Manager, you'll be working with the head of supply chain to drive and ensure the strategic plan for the business unit is driven at framework level, ensuring procurement polices of both Kier Group and the joint venture are adhered to.

Your day to day will include:

• Developing and owning preferred suppliers and strategic partnerships to deliver best value for all parties
• Supporting audit requirements from both internal/external Kier audits whilst carrying out supply chain audits on a regular basis
• Ensuring suppliers and/or subcontractors have the relevant health and safety accreditation and sustainability and carbon reduction policies that align to Kier's standards
• Managing budget costs and negotiating with all parties to ensure value for money

What are we looking for?

This role of Procurement Manager is great for you if:

• Educated to at least HNC/HND level in a construction discipline and professional membership with construction industry
• Senior level experience in supply chain procurement in a similar role within a complex project with experience of cost and time savings
• Proven self-management, communication, and IT skills, with the ability to build good working relationships with client representatives, supply chain, and others.

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.

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.

Due to the nature of this role and the nature of the work at this site, you will be required to complete a Government Security Check (SC) Clearance , which takes place during your employment, and is conducted by the Cabinet Office's United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) agency who set out a pre-requisite criteria including residency history. (Applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us - to read more about our programme to support people with convictions into employment, visit www.kier.co.uk/careers/making-ground). This role will also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

• Location: Plymouth. Southampton. Taunton
• Vacancy ID: 7055
• Background check: None
• Flexible Working: No
• Flexible working could include part time, job share, condensed hours, or flexible start/end times.