Supply Chain Manager

Balfour Beatty plc; Motherwell; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working (up to 40% remote)

25 days annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension and share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc's Power Transmission & Distribution team is hiring a Supply Chain Manager in Scotland, based from Aberdeen or Maxim, with travel across Scotland and parts of England.

The role leads strategic supply chain engagement for bids and projects, aligning with delivery strategy and commercial targets, while building strong supplier partnerships to ensure resilience and readiness across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Experience developing supply chain strategies for bids and projects.
• Strong supplier relationship management and continuous improvement planning.
• Good understanding of procurement governance, risk and compliance.
• Ability to engage the market early and build supplier relationships.
• Excellent stakeholder management across commercial, operational and bid teams.
• Proven results focus and ability to deliver against targets.
• Strong problem-solving skills with practical solution ideas.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; confident presenting.
• Proficient in MS Office and digital procurement tools desirable.
• MCIPS or equivalent qualification preferred; relevant degree advantageous.
• Knowledge of SSEN, SPEN, transmission or Scottish supply chain markets essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead supply chain strategy development for bids and projects aligned to targets.
• Develop and lead a Strategic Supplier Relationship Management programme.
• Lead Supplier Performance Management with improvement actions.
• Drive early market engagement and assess capacity, risk and readiness.
• Facilitate Early Contractor Involvement with partners to optimise design.
• Define packaging strategies and supply chain architecture for delivery.
• Input into pricing and solution development with credible assumptions.
• Champion governance, compliance and risk management in supply chain.
• Provide clear reporting on readiness, risks and opportunities.
• Drive continuous improvement and knowledge sharing across the function.
• Support mobilisation readiness for bid-to-delivery transition.

Skills

Supply chain strategy

Supplier management

Governance & compliance

Market engagement

Stakeholder mgmt

Results focus

Problem solving

Communication

Digital skills

MCIPS / degree

Sector knowledge

Education

Business/Engineering degree

MCIPS or equivalent qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About the role

Our work matters to millions. It’ll matter to you too. Join our Power T&D team as a Supply Chain Manager in Scotland, and you’ll be a big part of fascinating, complex, varied and meaningful work.

Please note this is a full-time, permanent position based from either Aberdeen or Maxim, and will require frequent travel across Scotland and occasionally parts of England.

You will play a key role in enabling successful work winning and project delivery across Power Transmission & Distribution. Working in a cross-functional environment, the role will lead strategic supply chain engagement, market-facing activity and early supplier involvement to ensure supply chain capability is aligned with bid objectives, client expectations, delivery strategy and commercial targets. Through proactive market engagement and strong supplier relationships, you will ensure supply chain readiness, resilience and mobilisation capability to support successful project outcomes across Scotland.

What you'll be doing

• Supply Chain Strategy: Lead supply chain strategy development for bids and projects, ensuring alignment with win themes, client outcomes, delivery models and commercial targets.
• Strategic Supplier Relationship Management: Develop and lead a Strategic Supplier Relationship Management programme, including strategic workstreams and continuous improvement plans.
• Supplier Performance Management: Lead Supplier Performance Management, ensuring key improvement actions are tracked and resolved.
• Market Engagement: Drive early supply chain engagement and market intelligence, assessing capacity, capability, risk exposure and readiness across key sectors and the future pipeline.
• Early Contractor Involvement: Facilitate Early Contractor Involvement with key supply chain partners to optimise design, reduce delivery risk, improve buildability and unlock innovation and value.
• Packaging Strategy: Define packaging strategies and supply chain architecture to support the right market approach, competitive tension and alignment with the project delivery strategy.
• Pricing and Solution Development: Secure robust supply chain input into pricing and solution development, supporting estimators with credible, market-tested assumptions across labour, plant, materials and subcontracting.
• Governance and Risk Management: Champion supply chain governance, compliance and risk management, ensuring internal standards are met while proactively managing supply chain resilience and performance.
• Reporting: Provide clear reporting on supply chain readiness, risks and opportunities to support Gate Reviews and senior governance.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement and market-facing best practice, contributing to lessons learned, knowledge sharing and wider category/supply chain strategy.
• Mobilisation Readiness: Support early partner alignment to enable a smooth transition from bid to delivery.

Who we're looking for

• Supply Chain Strategy Experience: Experience developing and delivering supply chain strategies within a project, infrastructure, construction, energy or utilities environment.
• Supplier Relationship Management: Strong supplier relationship management experience, including performance improvement and continuous improvement planning.
• Governance and Compliance: Good understanding of procurement governance, sourcing strategy, risk management and supply chain compliance.
• Market Engagement: Ability to engage the market early and build strong relationships with key suppliers and delivery partners.
• Stakeholder Management: Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work across commercial, operational, technical and bid teams.
• Results Focus: Highly results-focused, with a proven ability to deliver against targets.
• Problem Solving: Strong problem-solving skills, with the confidence to use initiative and propose practical solutions.
• Communication and Presentation: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence presenting supply chain strategies, risks and recommendations to internal and external stakeholders.
• Digital Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint, with experience using digital procurement or performance management systems desirable.
• Professional Qualification: Relevant business degree, MCIPS or equivalent professional qualification is desirable.
• Sector Knowledge: Knowledge of SSEN, SPEN, transmission, distribution or Scottish supply chain markets is essential.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at [e-mail]