Senior Procurement Manager

Tarmac; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction materials company in West Midlands seeks a Senior Procurement Manager to oversee Category Management and deliver on procurement strategies. The role includes coaching teams, managing supplier relationships, and achieving cost savings. Ideal candidates have management experience in procurement and strong organizational skills. Join us to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Management experience in procurement or category management.
• Ability to engage and influence stakeholders.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop Category Management strategies and governance.
• Coach Category Managers and Assistant Category Managers.
• Manage supplier relationships and drive cost savings.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Category management

Organizational skills

Project management

Flexibility in approach

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.

Tarmac Trading Limited