Senior Procurement and Supply Chain Manager

First Recruitment Group; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 90 000 - 120 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

First Recruitment Group seeks a Senior Procurement and Supply Chain Manager to lead procurement strategies for major infrastructure bids in Greater London. The role spans from early client engagement through mobilisation, ensuring high-value, compliant procurement outcomes.

The successful candidate will drive supplier engagement, bid support, and sustainability initiatives while maintaining governance and ethical standards in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Significant procurement & supply chain management experience in infrastructure, engineering, or construction.
• Experience supporting client tenders, bid-winning activities, and estimating.
• Involvement with civil engineering/infrastructure projects.
• Strong commercial awareness to negotiate best-value outcomes.
• Familiarity with electronic tendering platforms such as Jaggaer or SourceDogg.

Responsabilités

• Support procurement & supply chain objectives through bid and work-winning processes.
• Develop procurement strategies with bid teams and supplier selection plans.
• Assist estimating teams with market intelligence, supplier engagement, and pricing strategies.
• Build relationships with internal stakeholders and supply chain partners.
• Ensure supply chain governance, compliance, and best-practice adoption.
• Support sustainability initiatives and supply chain engagement activities.
• Contribute to tenders and technical submissions.

Connaissances

Procurement & supply chain management

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

NEC contracts

Analytical thinking

Infrastructure experience

Leading bids

Sustainability

Formation

MCIPS (or pursuing)

Bachelor's degree in SCM/Business

Certifications in procurement

Outils

Jaggaer

SourceDogg

Description du poste

Senior Procurement and Supply Chain Manager

Location: Greater London Sector: Civil Engineering Job Type: Contract Salary: Market related Reference: SK/R?092716

Role

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced procurement and supply chain professional to support major infrastructure bids and project opportunities from early client engagement through to project mobilisation.
This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in developing procurement strategies, engaging with supply chain partners, supporting bid teams, and helping secure successful project outcomes. The role sits at the heart of project delivery, ensuring procurement activities are delivered professionally, ethically, and in line with governance requirements while driving best value, innovation, and sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of procurement and supply chain objectives throughout the bid and work-winning process.
• Work with bid teams to develop procurement strategies and supplier selection plans that support successful project outcomes.
• Support estimating teams with market intelligence, supplier engagement, and pricing strategies.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and supply chain partners.
• Ensure supply chain assurance and compliance requirements are met across projects and packages.
• Apply procurement best practice, governance, and inclusive procurement principles.
• Support sustainability initiatives and supply chain engagement activities.
• Contribute to procurement and supply chain responses for client tenders and technical submissions.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Significant experience in procurement and supply chain management within infrastructure, engineering, or construction environments.
• Proven experience supporting client tenders, bid-winning activities, and estimating functions.
• Experience working on civil engineering and infrastructure projects.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to negotiate and secure best-value outcomes.
• Experience using electronic tendering platforms such as Jaggaer, SourceDogg, or similar systems.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
• Good understanding of procurement governance and contract management.
• Knowledge of NEC contracts.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Experience working within a matrix organisation.
• Knowledge of framework projects and associated procurement practices.
• Previous experience with major infrastructure programmes.
• Experience using Jaggaer and/or SourceDogg.

Qualifications
Essential

• MCIPS qualified or actively working towards CIPS qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Additional procurement or supply chain management certifications.

Company information

At First Recruitment Group we understand just how important it is to secure the right people. That is why our Recruitment Consultants always take the time to understand requirements in detail and offer sound advice to both clients and candidates. We actively recruit at all levels and this is a superb opportunity for a Procurement Lead looking for new employment.

As part of putting people first, we strive to be an equal opportunities employer and we are always looking to increase the diversity of our workforce, working closely with our clients to ensure everyone is included.

Sector: Commercial, Admin & Office Support