Strategic Procurement Manager

Webrecruit; Watford; Hybrid; GBP 76,500 - 93,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £85,000 + bonus

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Discretionary bonus plan

Pension scheme

Autonomy and career progression

One day WFH per week

Job summary

Webrecruit is advertising a Strategic Procurement Manager role in Watford, Hertfordshire. You will lead the procurement function to secure materials, plant and suppliers delivering best value and performance for nationwide projects.

Working closely with the Managing Director, you will own supplier relationships, pricing, frameworks and rebates, implementing robust processes and expanding supplier coverage across England and Wales while maintaining programme delivery.

Qualifications

• Materials buying experience in groundworks, civils or infrastructure environments.
• Experience negotiating terms, frameworks and supplier performance.
• Excellent supplier relationship skills and strong commercial judgement.
• Proficiency in Excel for tracking, analysis and reconciliation.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a nationwide supplier network with strong regional coverage.
• Improve delivery performance through forward planning and proactive ordering.
• Resolve order, delivery and invoice discrepancies to minimise cost leakage.
• Develop category strategies aligned to project sequencing and operational requirements.
• Monitor supplier performance using scorecards and performance reviews.

Skills

Materials buying experience

Negotiation terms

Supplier relationships

Commercial judgement

Excel skills

Tools

Excel

Job description

Strategic Procurement Manager

Watford, Hertfordshire

Organisation

Our client is a family‑run groundworks specialist with nearly five decades of experience supporting the modular construction sector. From site surveys through to civils construction and final landscaping, they deliver turnkey groundwork and enabling solutions that help their partners bring projects to life. Built on strong relationships, ethical working practices and a commitment to quality, their reputation has been forged through reliable delivery and exceptional service.

Benefits

• Salary of up to £85,000, depending on experience
• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Discretionary Bonus Plan (after three months)
• Pension scheme
• Genuine autonomy and career progression
• One day working from home per week after the onboarding period

This is a brilliant opportunity for a procurement professional with materials buying experience in a groundworks, civils or infrastructure environment and strong supplier negotiation skills to join our client’s trusted organisation.

You’ll have the chance to become involved with a wide range of varied projects that will enhance your portfolio, whilst working closely with senior leadership and gaining genuine autonomy.

What’s more, with a discretionary bonus plan, fantastic career progression prospects and the flexibility of one day per week working from home after onboarding, this is the ideal role in which to build your future.

So, if you’re ready to take the next step in your procurement career, read on and apply today!

Role

As the Strategic Procurement Manager, you will lead and develop our client’s procurement function, ensuring materials, plant and suppliers deliver the best value, reliability and performance for projects nationwide.

Working closely with the Managing Director, you will take ownership of supplier relationships, pricing, framework agreements and rebate structures across key procurement categories.

You will implement robust procurement processes, strengthen supplier coverage across England and Wales, and work proactively to ensure sites receive the right materials at the right time while protecting programme delivery and commercial performance.

Additionally, you will:

• Build and maintain a nationwide supplier network with strong regional coverage
• Improve delivery performance through forward planning, lead time management and proactive ordering
• Resolve order, delivery and invoice discrepancies to minimise cost leakage
• Develop category strategies aligned to project sequencing and operational requirements
• Monitor supplier performance using scorecards and performance reviews

About You

To be considered as the Strategic Procurement Manager, you will need:

• Materials buying experience, specifically within a groundworks, civils, or infrastructure subcontractor environment
• Experience of negotiating terms, frameworks, and supplier performance
• Excellent supplier relationship skills
• Strong commercial judgement and attention to detail
• Strong Excel skills for tracking, analysis, and reconciliation

Other organisations may call this role Procurement Manager, Senior Procurement Manager, Head of Procurement, Category Manager, Category Procurement Manager, Supply Chain Manager, Procurement and Supply Chain Manager, or Senior Purchasing Manager.

Webrecruit and our clients are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re ready to make a difference within a leading company as a Strategic Procurement Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.