Senior Procurement Manager

AtkinsRéalis; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis seeks a Procurement Manager for their Infrastructure and Transportation programmes. This role involves leading projects and teams, advising clients on procurement strategies, and collaborating to find innovative solutions. You'll be at the forefront of significant infrastructure projects, making a meaningful impact.

Benefits

Flexible working policies

Training and career progression

Total Reward package tailored to lifestyle

Qualifications

• Experience with procurement delivery models.
• Experience in client-focused environments.
• Experience planning and delivering procurement activities.

Responsibilities

• Manage account and direct the project team.
• Increase client spend and develop business.
• Deliver portfolios and ensure project accountability.

Skills

Effective deployment of market information

Strong communication skills

Personal responsibility

Education

Degree qualified

MRICS, MCIPS, or MCIOB

Job description

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Welcome to AtkinsRéalis, Project and Programme Services.

Join us on some of the most exciting and prestigious construction challenges around the globe. As part of a friendly, collaborative team, you'll be valued equally – and together, we'll deliver excellence for people and the environment. You'll also enjoy all the training and progression you need to take you through the glass ceiling.

We encourage our people to find a work-life balance that helps them thrive. So, ask us how our flexible and remote working policies can support your priorities. We hear and recognise all our people's different perspectives. Some of our recent pledges have been for Women's Equality and being a 'Disability Confident' and 'Inclusive Employer.' Learn more.

Our transportation team makes the biggest, most complex, and ambitious infrastructure projects happen. Whether it’s forming the backbone of Britain’s transport network on High Speed 2, transforming how the railway works on East Coast Digital Programme, increasing our international connectivity on Heathrow Airport, helping the country deliver sustainable energy solutions, or delivering safe and reliable journeys for National Highways and local government bodies, a career with us represents an opportunity to make a positive difference to communities and future generations. And, we do all of this whilst working with fun and passion.

We are currently looking for a Procurement Manager to support growth across our Infrastructure and Transportation programmes. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a business with a strong reputation for delivering high-quality services within complex environments.

Working with clients across the public and private sectors, you will use your skills – technical and others - to share your knowledge, expertise, and experience, and ultimately to deliver excellent services. You will work collaboratively with our clients and their supply chain partners to develop and deliver solutions to complex and dynamic problems.

Your Purpose:

• Account management: from directing the team to enabling collaboration and providing career growth opportunities.
• Business development: increasing our share of client spend, accessing higher-margin work, cross-selling our services and locations.
• Project leadership: being responsible for directing and managing the project team and delivering portfolios and projects, with competence in project commercial accountability.
• Technical leadership: from providing stakeholders with specialised advice to broadening your legal and technical knowledge and participating in training initiatives.
• Team building and management: creating and managing sector-focused teams and mentoring junior colleagues.

Required:

• Degree qualified.
• MRICS, MCIPS, or MCIOB, or working towards one of these qualifications (or similar).
• An awareness of procurement delivery models and routes to market to procure a variety of services, works, and supply contracts.
• Ability to advise clients on procurement and commercial strategies, either individually or as part of a wider business case.
• Suitable procurement experience on major programmes and complex projects – these could be within infrastructure, building, engineering, manufacturing, oil and gas, etc.
• Effective deployment of market information in strategy development and understanding and interpreting market information appropriately.
• Knowledge of collaborative procurement forms such as Alliances, Partnering, ECI, and Multi-lotted frameworks.
• Previous experience engaging with suppliers and undertaking Early Market Engagements (Desirable).
• Knowledge of construction contracts such as NEC, JCT, FIDIC.
• Experience working within Public Sector regulations, including the Public Contracts Regulations, Utility Regulations, and Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations, including post-Brexit adaptations.
• Ability to deliver construction cost analyses and benchmarking reports, identifying cost drivers and their impacts.
• Experience planning, developing, delivering, and managing procurement activities, including prequalification, tendering, negotiations, governance, gateway management, and contract award recommendations.
• Experience with market engagement, supply chain analysis, and mapping to inform procurement strategies.
• Experience developing tender and enquiry packs, evaluation plans, and stakeholder collaboration.
• Strong communication skills and experience working with legal, finance, engineering, and program teams.
• Experience working in a client-focused environment, collaborating with clients, consultants, and contractors.
• Ability to develop and implement commercial policies and solutions for diverse clients and stakeholders.
• Personal responsibility in client and stakeholder dealings, striving to exceed expectations.
• Ability to manage personal workload effectively.
• Excellent document drafting, analysis, presentation, and influencing skills.
• Experience in developing bespoke contractual models.

Desirable Experience:

• Developing Commercial Governance Procedures, Processes, and Systems.
• eSourcing and eEvaluation Systems.
• Category Management.
• Developing Packaging/Lotting Strategies.
• Managing dynamic purchasing systems/auctions in public/private sectors.
• Contract Negotiation in competitive dialogue/negotiation settings.
• Commercial and Contract Project Management.
• Risk and Opportunity Management.
• Project financing – debt or equity.
• Experience in winning work within procurement as a profession.

Why work for AtkinsRéalis?

Join us and expand your career on some of the industry's most exciting projects – from COVID-19 facilities to London's Heathrow Airport and Europe's first eco-friendly mosque. You'll gain invaluable exposure to international expertise and innovation in niche areas.

In 2020, we received Silver and Gold awards in the Construction Manager of the Year Awards and were finalists for the Young Surveyor of the Year. You'll be part of a team with high standards and rewarding career development programs.

Our work aims to make a positive impact, working towards a Net Zero Carbon future and regenerating UK cities.

Meeting your needs:

We offer a flexible 'Total Reward' package tailored to your lifestyle, including fitness funding, leadership training, professional accreditation, and career planning.

If you identify as having a disability, inform us before your interview to discuss necessary adjustments.

Our name is changing to AtkinsRéalis, but you can still access our benefits at https://yourrewarduk.snclavalin.com/.

More about us:

AtkinsRéalis is a global consultancy with over 100 years of project management expertise. We support your development and trust you to make a meaningful difference.

Additional Information:

This role may require security clearance, dependent on UKSV vetting, which may include proof of residency for 5+ years. Do not mention current or previous security clearances in your application.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion, offering family-friendly policies, flexible work, and employee networks. We value applications from all backgrounds and abilities.