Senior Rail Procurement Lead – End-to-End Frameworks

1st Executive Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Major Rail organisation is seeking an experienced, senior Commercial Manager to join a high-profile rail procurement team, supporting a range of complex and strategically important procurement programmes.

This role focuses on the design and procurement of a new renewals framework to consolidate requirements across rail modes and create more efficient routes to market. It enables the new team structure and sizing in Infrastructure and Category Delivery.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Procurement Act 2023.
• Experience managing complex tenders and frameworks.
• Experience using an eTendering system for issuing and managing tenders.
• Experience of complex high value procurement actions, especially procurement of frameworks.
• Contract formation and negotiation.
• Understanding of contracting options and routes to market.
• Excellent business partnering skills.
• Confident working with multiple stakeholder groups.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Developing procurement strategies and routes to market.
• Design, development and procurement of works frameworks in a rail or asset-intensive environment.
• Managing complex and above-threshold tenders.
• Leading procurement exercises from strategy through to award.
• Drafting and finalising procurement and contract documentation.
• Managing tender clarifications, evaluation and consensus meetings.
• Supporting contract negotiation and formation.
• Providing commercial and procurement advice to senior stakeholders.
• Ensuring procurement activity is fully compliant with PA23 requirements.
• Managing multiple priorities across a varied procurement portfolio.

Skills

Procurement Act 2023

Complex tenders & frameworks

eTendering systems

Contract negotiation

Contracting options & routes to market

Business partnering

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Job description

Major Rail organisation is seeking an experienced, senior Commercial Manager to join a high-profile rail procurement team, supporting a range of complex and strategically important procurement programmes.

This role focuses on the design and procurement of a new renewals framework to consolidate requirements across rail modes and create more efficient routes to market. It enables the new team structure and sizing in Infrastructure and Category Delivery.