European Construction Supply Chain Lead

Crown; Ireland; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Health Insurance

Pension Plan

Paid Time Off

Travel and Accommodation

Training and Development

Career Progression

Job summary

Crown is seeking an experienced Supply Chain Manager to support development and optimisation of our European supply chain. Based in Ireland with regular travel across Europe, you will lead supplier onboarding and network building for Crown's growing projects.

You will collaborate with Commercial, Estimating, Operations and Project Delivery to drive resilience, efficiency and risk management across Europe, delivering value for Crown’s customers and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in the construction industry.
• Experience in project delivery, procurement, commercial management, supply chain or subcontractor management.
• Fluent English.
• Full driving licence.
• Willingness to travel regularly throughout Europe.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess and develop local suppliers, manufacturers and labour-only subcontractors across Crown's European markets.
• Visit and inspect potential supply-chain partners and their current or completed projects to assess capability, workmanship, quality standards and suitability.
• Build and strengthen in-country supply-chain networks to support current and future projects.
• Develop and maintain strong, long-term relationships with suppliers and labour-only subcontractors across Europe.
• Work closely with Commercial, Estimating, Operations and Project teams to anticipate project, labour and procurement requirements.
• Collaborate with Compliance, HR, Health & Safety and Sustainability teams to support onboarding of new supply-chain partners.
• Monitor supplier and subcontractor capability, capacity, quality, reliability and overall performance.
• Provide market intelligence on supplier capacity, pricing, lead times and emerging supply-chain risks.
• Identify opportunities to improve supply-chain resilience, efficiency, value and security of supply.
• Support Crown's sustainability objectives through increased local sourcing and improved supply-chain visibility.
• Maintain an understanding of evolving European sustainability and carbon requirements relevant to the supply chain.
• Proactively identify supply-chain risks and opportunities and support continuous improvement of Crown's European supply-chain capability.

Skills

Construction industry

Procurement

Commercial management

Subcontractor management

Supply chain

Relationship building

Negotiation skills

English language

Job description

Crown is seeking an experienced Supply Chain Manager to support development and optimisation of our European supply chain. Based in Ireland with regular travel across Europe, you will lead supplier onboarding and network building for Crown's growing projects.

You will collaborate with Commercial, Estimating, Operations and Project Delivery to drive resilience, efficiency and risk management across Europe, delivering value for Crown’s customers and stakeholders.