Procurement Manager Leeds, England
Job description
We’re looking for a Procurement Manager to join our Utilities team to lead the sourcing and compliant engagement of suppliers across all contracts. This role will support the supply chain in reducing cost (not margin), creating efficiencies, and increasing mutual value. Within this role, you can enjoy private healthcare, company car or car allowance, a competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, and even more.
Location: Nationwide - home working available, with occasional travel to the office as required
Contract: Permanent – Fulltime and can be offered on as a job share
Salary: £competitive
Responsibilities
As a Procurement Manager you’ll be responsible for developing a compliant and strategic approach to the engagement of sub-contractors, suppliers, and service providers for the Utilities business.
Your day to day will include:
- partner with stakeholders, senior leaders and department heads to understand business needs establishing requirements, scope and criteria for procurement projects
- continue to develop the business’s procurement strategy ensuring alignment with business goals
- facilitate strategic sourcing and manage the RFP timeline
- lead initial market research and develop supplier profiles/market analysis to inform category strategy and aid supplier selection
- create, issue and manage RFPs. manage proposal evaluation and final supplier selection
- negotiating, contracting, onboarding and renewal of framework agreements
Who are we looking for?
This role of Procurement Manager is great for you if have:
- experience in undertaking project procurement including negotiating contract terms and commercial requirements
- results orientated, with demonstratable experience of achieving the best-balanced outcome against project or business demand
- knowledge of industry contract forms and drop-down sub-contract provisions
- excellent relationships building skills with the ability to quickly build credibility and confidence with a range of senior stakeholders
We’re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don’t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at [email protected] to discuss and arrange these.
Benefits at Kier
We’re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:
- new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
- one professional subscription funded to support your professional development
- fantastic matched pension scheme
- share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans
- 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
- green car scheme
- A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: www.kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits
Who is Kier?
We’re made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: https://www.kier.co.uk/sustainability/
At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.
Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We’re proud of the steps we’ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.
You can see more about our D&I action plan here: https://www.kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf
Closing date: 24 February 2023
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
