Senior Procurement Manager

Tarmac Trading Ltd; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction materials company is seeking an experienced Senior Procurement Manager to oversee Category Management across various services including Logistics and Facilities. This role requires established procurement expertise and strong stakeholder engagement skills. You will be responsible for managing significant annual spend and leading cost-saving initiatives while ensuring compliance and safety. Candidates should possess strong organizational and project management capabilities.

Qualifications

• Established management experience within procurement or category management function.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and flexibility in a demanding environment.
• Strong organizational and project management capability.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement Category Management strategies across Tarmac.
• Provide coaching to Category Managers for categories totaling over £500m annualized spend.
• Manage key supplier relationships and drive cost savings projects.
• Build relationships with internal customers and external suppliers.

Skills

Engagement and communication

Procurement and category management experience

Organizational skills

Project management

Job description

About the Role

Reporting into the Procurement Director for the UK, the successful Senior Procurement Manager will be responsible for delivery of Category Management policy & governance across the Tarmac business and supporting the wider CRH Procurement Category Management framework. You will be a procurement expert to deliver business objectives with responsibility for UK Logistics, Facilities, Estates and General Services.

What you'll be doing

In this role, you as the successful Senior Procurement Manager will be carrying out the following duties and responsibilities (not exhaustive)

• Developing and implementing Category Management strategies and governance across Tarmac
• Providing coaching and guidance to Category Managers & Assistant Category Managers for assigned categories totalling over £500m annualised spend
• Developing the Tarmac Fleet strategy for Cars and Vans and identifying key initiatives to deliver ongoing value whilst improving safety and ensuring legal compliance
• Working closely with the Procurement Director, Category Managers and the business to determine sourcing needs, capturing synergy opportunities and leveraging the economies of scale
• Developing and managing key supplier relationships
• Driving annual cost savings projects and other procurement benefits
• Develop a best-in-class expertise and global market knowledge for assigned categories.

• Building strong and effective relationships both with internal customers and external supply partners

• Supporting and driving the delivery of procurement best practice at a local and luster level

What we are looking for

We are looking for an Senior Procurement Manager who ideally has:

• Able to effectively engage, communicate, influence and collaborate with key stakeholders
• Established management experience within procurement and/or category/commodity management function.
• Are able to deal with ambiguity when required and are able to be flexible to change approach in a demanding environment
• Strong organisational and project management capability

Tarmac, a CRH company, is an equal opportunity employer.We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please click on the apply button to complete your application.Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when this happens we sometimes bring the published closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

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Tarmac Trading Limited