Supply Chain Manager - Major Projects

Balfour Beatty plc; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working—up to 40% remote

25 days paid annual leave

Pension and benefits

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking a Supply Chain Manager to drive end-to-end supply chain strategy for major projects in the UK. The role focuses on bid alignment, market engagement, supplier relationships and risk management to secure successful project delivery.

You will lead strategic supplier programs, drive performance management, and enable early contractor involvement to optimise design, reduce risk, and improve value across labour, plant, materials and subcontracting.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree or equivalent experience (MCIPS desirable).
• Experience in developing and delivering supply chain strategy.
• Pragmatic yet disciplined approach to process compliance.
• Highly results oriented with a track record of exceeding targets.
• Team player with strong stakeholder management and flexibility.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office including Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Lead supply chain strategy development for bids, aligned with win themes and commercial targets.
• Develop and lead a Strategic Supplier Relationship Management Programme with workstreams and improvement plans.
• Implement Supplier Performance Management within Major Projects using Jaggaer and resolve actions.
• Drive early supply chain engagement and market intelligence across sectors and pipeline.
• Contribute supply chain input to PQQ/ITT responses with partner value propositions and delivery models.
• Enable Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) with partners to optimise delivery and drive innovation.
• Define packaging strategy and supply chain architecture aligned to project delivery strategy.
• Support estimators with credible market-tested assumptions for labour, plant, materials, and subcontracting.
• Governance and risk management to ensure compliance with internal standards and resilience.
• Participate as a core member of bid teams, integrating supply chain with commercial and design solutions.
• Provide reporting on readiness, risks, and opportunities to governance bodies.

Skills

Supply chain strategy

Stakeholder management

Strategic supplier management

Market intelligence

PowerPoint presentations

Education

Relevant business degree

MCIPS (desired)

Tools

Jaggaer

Microsoft Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

About the role

As Supply Chain Manager will play a pivotal role in enabling successful work winning and project delivery across Major Projects by leading strategic supply chain engagement and market-facing activities. You will be working within a cross-functional environment, the role ensures early alignment of supply chain capability with bid objectives, client expectations, and commercial targets.

In this role, you will be responsible for developing and executing robust supply chain strategies, securing early commitment from key partners, and shaping value-driven, compliant sourcing approaches that enhance competitiveness. Through proactive market engagement and strong supplier relationships, the Supply Chain Manager will ensure supply chain readiness, resilience, and mobilisation capability to support successful project outcomes

What you'll be doing

• Lead supply chain strategy development for bids, ensuring alignment with win themes, client outcomes, delivery models, and commercial targets.
• Develop and Lead a Strategic Supplier Relationship Management Programme including Strategic Workstreams and Continuous Improvement Plans.
• Facilitate and fully implement Supplier Performance Management within Major Projects via our Jaggaer e-Procurement system, ensuring the resolution of key improvement actions.
• Drive early supply chain engagement and market intelligence, assessing capacity, capability, risk exposure and readiness across key sectors and upcoming work pipeline.
• Build compelling supply chain contributions to PQQ and ITT responses, including partner value propositions, delivery models, innovation case studies, and demonstrable outcomes.
• Facilitate Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) with key partners to optimise design, de-risk delivery, enhance buildability, and unlock innovation and value.
• Define packaging strategy and supply chain architecture, ensuring optimal market approach, competitive tension, and alignment to project delivery strategy.
• Secure robust supply chain input into pricing and solution development, supporting estimators with credible, market-tested assumptions across labour, plant, materials, and subcontracting.
• Champion supply chain governance and risk management, ensuring compliance with internal standards while proactively managing supply chain risk, resilience, and performance.
• Operate as a core member of project/bid leadership teams, integrating supply chain strategy with commercial, technical, and design solutions to strengthen overall competitiveness.
• Provide clear reporting on supply chain readiness, risks, and opportunities, supporting Gate Reviews and senior governance with evidence-based insight.
• Drive continuous improvement and market-facing best practice, contributing to knowledge sharing, lessons learned, and category/supply chain strategy development.
• Ensure mobilisation readiness through early partner alignment, enabling seamless transition from bid to delivery and establishing strong foundations for project execution.

Who we're looking for

The following experience/qualifications are essential:

• Relevant business degree or equivalent experience (e.g. MCIPS) (desired)
• Experience in developing and delivering supply chain strategy
• Pragmatic yet disciplined approach to process compliance
• Highly results orientated (proven track record of exceeding targets
• Team player
• Stakeholder management skills
• Flexible and driven
• Customer focussed
• Problem solving skills, ability to use own initiative to identify areas of improvement & propose solutions.
• Demonstrates excellent written and verbal skills
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Presentation skills

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.

Why join us?

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 Group Enabling Functions are Legal, Finance, IT and Procurement, Communications, Health Safety and Environment, HR and Sustainability. Together, they support delivery of our Build to Last strategy whilst improving efficiencies and standardising our approach, systems and processes.

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]