Senior Procurement Manager
Posted 1 day 6 hours ago by STRABAG SE
Permanent
Full Time
Other
Midlothian, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, EH120
Job Description
If you are an ambitious Senior Procurement Manager looking for a new challenge in Civil Engineering and would like to help shape future of STRABAG, then please read the below job description.
- Degree qualified in a business, procurement or related discipline
- CIPS Qualified
- Experience within construction/engineering or similar background
- Strategically minded and creative, able to translate a vision intoclear methodical plans.
- Experience of Managing a Procurement team within the Constructionindustry.
- Experience ofrunning supply chain events
- Experiencewith tendering process (CompeteFor etc)
- Good IT and Communication skills at all levels.
- Strong financial and commercial awareness.
- Devise and deliver Procurement Strategy
- Be an advocate of change.
- Lead and drive Procurement Strategy across project and initiatives.
- Establish, build, and maintain collaborative relationships with all key suppliers.
- Negotiate pricing, contracts, and payment terms with suppliers to secure savings.
- Provide material and goods projections to key suppliers to ensure availability on a timely basis.
- To drive and support Category management ensuring utilisation and maximisation of group frameworks.
- To promote and support the use of internal businesses and ensure that they are included in all tender opportunities.
- Ensure that Procurement are leading the sub-contract procurement across the business.
- To support the Work Winning teams and ensure that Procurement Strategies are in place.
- Manage the Procurement team group-wide, including recruitment, developing staff and managing agreed budgets.
- Ensure compliance with procedural, regulatory, quality, environmental and corporate social responsibility policies.
- Collaborate with operational management and the supply chain to identify innovation and source new and alternative materials and methods.
- Be an advocate for Procurement. Influence senior managers, and design and lead on direct benefits realisation.
- To lead and drive up-skilling and training within the Procurement team.
- Lead client facing activities across regional projects.
- Resolve any discrepancies with suppliers, grievances, claims, conflicts, product non-conformance or quality issues.
- Manage corporate initiatives with the supply chain.
- Ensuresupplier evaluation forms and risk assessments are maintained.
We stand for respect, partnership, and sustainability, creating a work environment that promotes safety, health, and development. Our committed and healthy employees are our most valuable asset - the foundation for sustainable growth and innovation. With our "People. Planet. Progress." strategy and the motto WORK ON PROGRESS, we drive change forward - with the goal of climate neutrality by 2040.