Procurement Manager

SubSea Craft Limited; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading maritime technology company is seeking a Procurement Manager to optimize procurement strategies, manage supplier relationships, and lead a team. The role offers a competitive salary and benefits, emphasizing professional growth and a collaborative work environment.

Benefits

Private Healthcare with optional family cover

Life Assurance (4 x salary)

Critical Illness Cover

Unlimited Paid Holiday

Ongoing professional development and training

Access to LinkedIn Learning

Pension contribution

Flexible Working

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience in Procurement/Supply Chain.
• Strong commercial awareness and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Enhance procurement strategy for cost and quality optimization.
• Manage procurement team performance and development.
• Negotiate agreements and implement KPIs for improvement.

Skills

Negotiation

Organizational Skills

Stakeholder Management

Leadership

Attention to Detail

Commercial Awareness

Education

CIPS/MCIPS qualification

Tools

MS Office

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

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Salary: £50,000-£60,000 DOE

Full Time

Permanent

Who we are: SubSea Craft is a fast growing, privately-funded, UK-based innovative maritime technology company specialising in next-generation, high-performance watercraft and systems. We operate at the intersection of advanced engineering, cutting-edge design, and user-centric innovation, delivering safe, effective, and enabling solutions for both commercial and defence applications.

What We Offer

• Private Healthcare with optional family cover
• Life Assurance (4 x salary)
• Critical Illness Cover
• Unlimited Paid Holiday
• Ongoing professional development and training
• Access to LinkedIn Learning
• Pension contribution
• Flexible Working
• A culture of diversity and innovative thinking
  
  

Responsibilities Will Include

• Review and enhance procurement strategy to optimise cost, quality, service levels, and supplier reliability
• Working with internal functions to ensure all stakeholders needs are met.
• Source global suppliers and manage the procurement life cycle, including new product introduction.
• Manage procurement team performance, development plans, and appraisals
• Work closely with the Head of Supply Chain to manage procurement strategy and ensure optimal supplier performance and cost.
• Lead activities such as supplier evaluation, contract management, risk assessment, and long-term relationship building.
• Collaborate with internal teams to understand procurement needs.
• Manage key supplier relationships, negotiate agreements, and implement KPIs for continuous improvement.
• Support contract negotiation and terms with suppliers.
• Oversee the procurement process from sourcing to delivery.
• Lead and mentor the procurement team to ensure high performance and professional growth.
• Undertaking all aspects of procurement related activity to achieve on-time delivery, meeting cost and quality requirements.
• Regularly visit suppliers to maintain relationship and manage schedules, risks and opportunities.
• Strong background in demand planning, inventory management, asset management, spares and repairs provision
• Create expediting reports and undertake expediting activity with suppliers to ensure on-time deliveries in accordance with programme requirements.
  
  

Qualifications And Experience

• A CIPS/MCIPS qualification or equivalent
• A minimum of 5 years' experience of working in a Procurement / Supply Chain environment, ideally within a maritime / defence environment.
• A proficient negotiator with strong commercial awareness and influencing skills
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to pass information clearly and accurately
• Leadership and team management skills, with a track record of driving performance.
• IT Proficient – MS Office, JIRA, Confluence
• Great attention to detail and ability to multi-task
• The ability to understand and apply feedback on work performance.
• Adaptable - maintaining established process whilst initiating and driving change and efficiencies.
• Collaborative and proactive / 'can-do’ working style.
• Procurement governance and compliance
• Excellent collaboration and team working skills
• Risk and opportunity management
• Experience of ERP systems ideally Infor LN
  
  

Note: Due to the nature of work undertaken at SubSea Craft, the selected candidate must be capable of meeting the security requirements of the position, which would include as a minimum Existing right to live and work in the UK, Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), with Security Check likely for specific projects.*

Values: Our people are our greatest asset, we continually strive to provide an excellent working environment to enable our team to do their best work. We have an agile professional workforce: we are founded on the belief that our people are valued and our business is trusted, inclusive and commercially-adept.

What We Expect From You

• Teamwork, mutual respect and collaboration
• Initiative and independent working
• Honesty and integrity
• Business and commercial awareness
• Agility, adaptability and continuous development
  
  

We are committed to building an inclusive, diverse workplace where everyone can thrive. If you require any support or adjustments to interact with us, please let us know.

We regret that due to the high volume of applications we are unable to acknowledge every application. Please bear in mind that if you are selected for an interview we will aim to contact you within 14 days of your application or the closing date (if stated). However, if we think that your skills and qualifications may be suitable for other similar positions we may hold your details on our database and contact you in the future. Please let us know if you do not wish us to keep your details on file.

• Please note that DBS, Driving Licence and reference checks will be carried out and all offers of employment are subject to meeting our requirements.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Purchasing and Supply Chain

• Industries

  Defense and Space Manufacturing

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