Procurement Manager - Engineering Services

Overview

This is a newly created role within our small and friendly Procurement team, to support our continued growth and organisational change at GB Railfreight. This role will sit alongside our other Procurement Manager and oversee our Procurement Business Partner, all reporting into the Head of Procurement & Contracts.

This role will primarily support our Asset Management team, overseeing the purchasing activities for our maintenance, overhauls, modifications and a range of projects relating to our locomotive and wagon fleets, as well as our property portfolio. This role is critical in ensuring the timely, cost-effective, and compliant acquisition of goods and services that support long-term operational excellence and asset performance.

With support from the Procurement Business Partner, you will be responsible for ensuring ongoing compliance within our supplier approval process, maintaining and building upon our high standards across the business.

We promote growth and progression at GB Railfreight and this role is no exception. For the right candidate there will be opportunity to progress long term. We are looking will someone who has the drive and ambition to grow into a leadership role and potentially become Head of Procurement in the future. Rail industry procurement experience and/or Engineering contract management experience would be a real plus, but not essential. This position can be based in our London, Peterborough or Doncaster office with regular travel between our offices.

The salary on offer is up to £80k depending on experience.

Closing date: 14th July 2025

Responsibilities

• Support the Assets team in developing and implementing procurement strategies for rolling stock and property maintenance, overhaul, and modification programmes.
• Collaborate with Senior Managers, Project Managers and other stakeholders to align procurement activities with business and project timelines and objectives.
• Identify, evaluate and support in managing relationships with new and key suppliers.
• Prepare and manage any RFQ/Tender documentation, including resulting evaluation and contract award.
• Ensure all procurement activities comply with company policies, industry regulations and legal requirements.
• Comply with and provide input into ensuring that the company has appropriate policies and procedures in place to manage spend with suppliers including all forms of purchasing, tendering, contract negotiation and the management of suppliers.
• Negotiate contracts with suppliers as required to secure favourable terms for the business; including where appropriate framework contracts, and ensure these are properly communicated to users.
• Ensure appropriate contract management and service level agreements are in place, and that these are agreed and understood by relevant managers.
• Manage the Supplier Qualification system relating to the procurement and management of all suppliers to GB Railfreight, including all suppliers of safety critical goods and services; to ensure compliance with company and industry standards.

Qualifications

Skills and Experience

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent)
• CIPS (Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Qualification) preferred
• Rail industry procurement and/or engineering contract management experience preferred
• Knowledge of legal and industry requirements relating to procurement
• Strong negotiation and contract management skills
• Excellent communications skills
• Experience in drafting contracts
• Must be willing to travel to other UK sites with Clean UK driving license

Personal Attributes

• Demonstrated leadership and team management skills
• Proactive with a strong ability to work independently
• Excellent ability to prioritise tasks and manage multiple projects ensuring timely completion.
• Strong analytical and problem solving abilities

Our Values

Professionalism - Safety and security is paramount in our business, and we feel that this embodies the foundation of a high achieving safety culture

Support - We look after our people and they in turn are encouraged to look after each other

Communication - The transparency of our is business is valued by our colleagues and customers

Trust and Empowerment - We believe that openness and honesty make for the best relationship because it leads to trust and confidence

Enjoyment - Taking pleasure in coming to work at GBRf is actively encouraged right from the top

At GB Railfreight we recognise that having a more diverse range of people leads to greater innovation. We want to create a diverse workforce and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds with the aim to have a workforce representative of wider society. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace in line with our values.