Procurement Manager (Chemicals, Materials & Process Plant)

Anglian Water Group Ltd.; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Flexible working

Pension scheme (double-match up to 7%)

Life Assurance (8x salary)

Personal Accident cover (up to 5x)

Bonus scheme

Employee discounts

Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Anglian Water Group Ltd is seeking a Procurement Manager (Chemicals, Materials and Process Plant) to lead sourcing and category management for over £200m of operational spend. This hybrid role is based in Peterborough, 37 hours per week, with flexible working arrangements to be discussed at interview.

You will shape category plans, negotiate contracts, and drive supplier performance while developing a high-performing team within Anglian Water's governance and the Procurement Act 2023.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial acumen.
• Influencing and negotiating skills.
• Leadership potential (people management, coaching, or project leadership).
• Ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in bid assessment.

Responsibilities

• Lead category plans and sourcing strategies for Chemicals, Materials and Process Plant.
• Conduct contractual negotiations and implement cost controls.
• Develop and coach a team; drive supplier performance and framework management.
• Ensure compliance with procurement processes and The Procurement Act 2023.

Job description

From £67,000 (depending on skills and experience) Permanent / Full time / 37 Hours per week (Flexible working opportunities are available & specific requests can be discussed at interview) Peterborough (Hybrid) Join our team and make a difference! As our Procurement Manager (Chemicals, Materials and Process Plant) you’ll be working closely with the Commercial Procurement Leadership Team and across the wider business in the development and delivery of Supply Chain and Procurement Strategy. We have ambitious plans for significant investments in our region.

Your role will be to ensure our sourcing and category management delivers effective supplier performance across over £200m of critical operational goods and services per annum. This is a great opportunity to shape a high-profile category area, influence decisions across the business and lead others to deliver meaningful commercial outcomes. You’ll use insight, judgement and collaboration to identify opportunities to reduce risk, improve value and strengthen supplier performance across Anglian Water.

You’ll also lead and support a team in developing category plans, sourcing strategies, contractual negotiations and cost controls, ensuring our internal customers receive the goods, services and support they need. You’ll need to work within Anglian Water’s own processes and controls as well as The Procurement Act 2023, ensuring compliance and driving good practice in sourcing and contract management.

A key part of this role is to ensure Framework Management processes are implemented and effective so that value from sourcing is delivered into the P&L. We’re looking for someone who enjoys getting the best from people. You may already have experience of managing and developing a team, or you may be ready to take the next step from leading projects, coaching colleagues or influencing others into your first formal people-management role. Either way, you’ll bring the confidence, curiosity and communication skills to set direction, support development and create an environment where people can do their best work.

What does it take to be a Procurement Manager (Chemicals, Materials and Process Plant)?

• Have strong commercial acumen
• Have solid influencing and negotiating skills
• Show strong leadership potential, whether through proven people management, coaching colleagues, leading projects or supporting others to perform at their best
• Be able to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders
• Have previous bid assessment experience
• Be well aware of Procurement and other relevant legislation
• Have a strong level of mathematical reasoning
• Have good organisation skills
• Have strong IT skills
• Have excellent communication skills

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

• Full private healthcare with no excess 26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion
• A flexible working culture
• Competitive pension scheme – we double-match your contributions up to 7%
• Life Assurance at eight times your salary
• Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary
• Bonus Scheme
• Lots of great discounts
• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

Why Anglian Water?

As the largest water and wastewater company in England and Wales by geographical area, we face many challenges to keep the water flowing! As the water sector continues to face major financial, regulatory and environmental challenges over the coming years, Anglian Water and its Partners have continued to set the pace with innovative ideas and solutions to ensure that we deliver an outstanding service to our customers. As a result, we’re looking for a commercially minded, self-motivated Procurement Professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is excited by the opportunity to lead, develop and inspire others while delivering outcomes that make a real difference to our customers and communities.

Closing date: 23rd August 2026 #loveeverydrop #LI-ZP1

We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential. We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment.

Become a part of Anglian Water’s future and join us on our journey as we live through our values to build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring, to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region.