Procurement Systems Lead

Global Marine Group; Chelmsford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group Pension

Life Cover

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Scheme

Fitness Subsidy

Subscriptions

EV Car

Cycle Scheme

Eye Sight Test

Wellness Hub

Maternity/Paternity pay

Annual leave add'l

Long Service Award

Referral Programme

On-site Parking

Employee Assistance

Job summary

Global Marine Group is seeking a Procurement Systems Lead to own procurement systems, reporting, and data governance in a hybrid Chelmsford role.

You will maintain policies, dashboards, and KPI reporting, ensuring data integrity in the ERP, while coordinating supplier onboarding and OTIF performance across the organisation. Collaboration with stakeholders is essential. This role also drives continuous improvement, supports audits, and acts as central expert for procurement systems and reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement, supply chain, analytics, or systems administration.
• Excel/data analysis capability; Power BI preferred.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly.
• Experience in marine, subsea, engineering, or project industries.
• Knowledge of procurement best practices.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the procurement lead for IFS – Super User, maintaining categorisation, workflows, and reporting, as well as onboarding processes and optimisation of procurement systems.
• Develop and maintain procurement dashboards, reporting methods, automated and analytics.
• Lead continuous improvements in system functionality, data structures, SRM, Supplier Master Records and process automation.
• Troubleshoot system issues and coordinate with business IFS System Owner.
• Ensure consistent and standardised PO, contract, and vendor data structures.
• Produce weekly, monthly, and quarterly procurement performance reports.
• Maintain the procurement contract register.
• Deliver insights to support category, supplier negotiations, and decisions.
• Deliver ad-hoc analysis to support vessels, subsea operations, and projects.
• Maintain and update procurement procedures, policies, and guidance documents.
• Support audits, compliance checks, and process adherence monitoring.
• Act as the central point of expertise for procurement systems and reporting.
• Support x2 Procurement Transactional Officers with expediting, PO raising, OTIF measurement, and system queries.
• Collaborate with Direct Buyers to provide data insights.
• Partner with Strategic Category Manager on analytics and performance monitoring.
• Lead and manage key supplier categories across indirect spend.
• Apply strong procurement expertise to drive value, ensure compliance and optimise supplier performance.

Skills

Procurement analytics

Data analysis

ERP systems

Attention to detail

Technical communication

Marine/subsea industry

Procurement best practices

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

The Procurement Systems Lead is responsible for driving the effectiveness, accuracy, and data-driven performance of the Procurement function. This role serves as the central owner of procurement systems, reporting, process governance, and supplier onboarding.

The position is accountable for maintaining, creating, and developing procurement policies, processes, and procedural documentation. It also leads the management of key performance indicators (KPIs), ensuring data integrity within the ERP system, and oversees supplier onboarding activities. In addition, the role is responsible for monitoring and reporting supplier on-time-in-full (OTIF) performance.

So that our organisation can comply with immigration rules, all potential candidates need to provide evidence of their Right To Work in the UK, to apply.

• Serve as the procurement lead for IFS – Super User, maintaining categorisation, workflows, and reporting, as well as onboarding processes and optimisation of procurement systems.
• Develop and maintain procurement dashboards, reporting methods, automated and analytics.
• Lead continuous improvements in system functionality, data structures, SRM, Supplier Master Records and process automation.
• Troubleshoot system issues and coordinate with business IFS System Owner.
• Ensure consistent and standardised PO, contract, and vendor data structures.
• Produce weekly, monthly, and quarterly procurement performance reports.
• Maintain the procurement contract register.
• Deliver insights to support category, supplier negotiations, and decisions.
• Deliver ad-hoc analysis to support vessels, subsea operations, and projects.
• Maintain and update procurement procedures, policies, and guidance documents.
• Support audits, compliance checks, and process adherence monitoring.
• Act as the central point of expertise for procurement systems and reporting.
• Support x2 Procurement Transactional Officers with expediting, PO raising, OTIF measurement, and system queries.
• Collaborate with Direct Buyers to provide data insights.
• Partner with Strategic Category Manager on analytics and performance monitoring.
• Lead and manage key supplier categories across indirect spend.
• Apply strong procurement expertise to drive value, ensure compliance and optimise supplier performance.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Experience in procurement, supply chain, analytics, or systems administration.
• Excel/data analysis capability; Power BI preferred.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly.
• Experience in marine, subsea, engineering, or project industries.
• Knowledge of procurement best practices.

Ideal:

• A fully maintained contract register.
• Standardised processes consistently applied.
• Improved system utilisation and optimised workflows.

Location:

This role is based in the Chelmsford office and follows a hybrid working arrangement, with working 3 days in the office, Tuesday to Thursday and 2 days working remotely , Monday and Friday.

The Global Marine Group is a leading independent provider of submarine cable solutions offering a broad range of services including consultancy, installation and maintenance covering the lifespan of a submarine cable system and delivered to customers worldwide.

The Group consists of three business units; Global Marine provides fibre optic cable installation and maintenance solutions to the telecommunications and oil & gas markets, OceanIQ provides unparalleled subsea cable data, survey, route engineering, permitting and consultancy services for telecom and power cable projects and SubConnect which provides extensive expertise and experience in all aspects of subsea cables, ranging from design and testing to the provision of subsea housing and interconnectors. With a global workforce of over 800 talented individuals, together the Group has installed over 315,000 kilometres of subsea telecoms cable, performed maintenance operations on 33% of the worlds fibre optic cables and has detailed data records on over 2.8million km of cable - 97% of all fibre, and 90% of all power cable including, over 6,000 historic cable faults. The Global Marine Group team is full of passionate people, sharing a wealth of knowledge and constantly achieving excellence.

• Employee Benefits:
• Group Pension with access to Independent Financial Advisor
• Life Cover – inclusive with Group Pension Plan
• Private Medical Insurance and Medicash Plan
• Dental Scheme – at a subsidised cost
• Fitness Club Subsidy
• X2 Professional Subscriptions
• EV Car Scheme
• Cycle Scheme – As per the green initiative, approved by the Government scheme
• Eye Sight Test contributionPerkbox - employee discount scheme along with a Wellness Hub
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days annual leave per year
• Long Service Awards
• Reward & Recognition
• Referral programme
• Free on-site parking - At all sites
• Employee Assistance programme

Global Marine Group are committed to making our recruitment process accessible and inclusive for everyone. If you require reasonable adjustments for your interview, please reach out to during your recruitment process. We are more than happy to accommodate your needs to ensure you have the best possible experience during the selection process.