Senior Procurement Manager

Laing O'Rourke; Manchester, Dartford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic procurement team as a Senior Procurement Manager in the Defence sector, where your strategic thinking and relationship-building skills will be key to delivering exceptional projects. This role offers the chance to develop and implement procurement strategies while working collaboratively with a talented team. You'll be responsible for managing procurement processes, ensuring best value for projects, and enhancing supply chain performance. An established industry leader, this company values your expertise and is committed to fostering a supportive environment where you can thrive. If you're passionate about sustainable procurement and making a real impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in sub-contract procurement and negotiation.
• Knowledge of legal contracting law and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Develop procurement strategies and manage supplier relationships.
• Support procurement team with market analysis and supplier selection.

Skills

Sub-contract procurement

Negotiation skills

Legal & contracting law (NEC)

Risk & opportunity management

Project procurement strategy

Supply chain planning

Good communication skills

Education

CIPS certification or working towards it

Chartership in CIOB or RICS

Job description

Senior Procurement Manager – Defence sector, accommodation

Location: Manchester or Dartford – Other locations considered

Are you a strategic thinking construction Procurement Manager who wants to work on the biggest and best projects? Then we have the opportunity for you in our Defence sector.

Do you have a passion for relationship building, sustainable procurement, best value and problem solving? Then come and feel valued and join our dynamic procurement team.

With a blank canvas, you will be instrumental in developing procurement strategies, policies and processes. You will draw on your supply chain management skills to enhance the way we work together and deliver a collaborative relationship.

As a Procurement Manager, you will work on the procurement strategy with the Senior Procurement Manager. You will be responsible for the delivery of project procurement objectives and requirements. Are you interested in supporting the procurement and estimating team with tendering, market analysis, and supplier selection? If the answer is yes, check out the duties below.

Duties include:

• To provide market intelligence, cost advice, supply chain performance management, and feedback.
• To support a team of procurement professionals, including training & development; staff appraisals; retention & reward; and recruitment to provide an effective procurement service for the project.
• To be responsible and accountable for the procurement process of subcontractors, materials, plant, and services, in accordance with the project procurement strategy and project commitments.
• To be accountable for the provision of management information and reports in accordance with project requirements.
• Develop professional, robust, and effective working relationships with suppliers, sub-contractors, and service providers, who will provide best value to the project.

Essential skills and experience:

• Sub-contract procurement
• Negotiation skills
• Legal & contracting law (NEC)
• Risk & opportunity management
• Project procurement strategy

Supply chain planning:

• Experience of working within the construction industry or similar and demonstrated knowledge of the interfaces and relationships that exist.
• Demonstrates the ability to manage, plan, and structure operational procurement resources of mixed experience and capability.

• Good communication skills (verbal & written).
• Delivering robust procurement strategies.
• A measured approach to decision making and the ability to ensure best value procurement.
• Has delivered demonstrable added value through their procurement activity.

Experience of CIPS or working towards CIPS is desirable (or chartership in another discipline CIOB or RICS). We are also considering relevant in-job experience. We are considering candidates who are able to get to our project offices in Manchester or Dartford.

About us:

We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and building projects for clients in the UK, Middle East, and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people, and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long-term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to the interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email [e-mail].