Procurement Manager

Overview

Develop and manage procurement strategy, oversee tenders, supplier performance, and savings.

Key Responsibilities

• tender management
• bid evaluation
• procurement scheduling
• procurement process
• strategy development
• supplier performance

Tasks

-Applies BBR legal Ts & Cs and agrees simple changes as appropriate within scope agreed by Legal/ Project Partners -Managing tender/ ITT process -Evaluation of supplier bids -Manage team meetings/ project timescales for sourcing team activities, including communication to stakeholders and decision makers -Deliver the project procurement schedules as per agreed plan within project -Follow BBR procurement processes to place own orders or oversee Buyers placing orders under supervision, including: -Develop and manage the Procurement Strategy throughout the life of the project, reviewing and amending the strategy and agreed intervals -Manage supplier performance using the BRAVO system for own projects/ contracts to include managing poor performance and disputes. Escalate any ongoing problems -Centrally records savings for orders placed after agreement with finance -Reporting savings

Requirements

• oracle
• mcips
• negotiation
• senior procurement
• tendering
• category management

What You Bring

-Ability to set up a source team & run successful tenders/ ITTs -Processing via relevant ERP system (e.g. Oracle/ MCS) -Good understanding of legal frameworks and contract law -Negotiation skills (advanced) -MCIPS or equivalent preferred -Has successfully run simultaneous projects and delivered positive business results -Experience of running successful higher value/ higher risk tenders/ ITTs -Held senior procurement role in construction or manufacturing/ industrial environmen -Understands supplier relationship management -Working knowledge of ORACLE/ P-cards etc. -Experience of negotiating complex deals of high value/ business impact, with a track record of making savings -Advanced negotiation training -Ability to understand customer & business needs, and to prioritise work accordingly -Basic Category Management knowledge -Procurement experience at senior level in a large organisation

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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) -Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more… -Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave

About Balfour Beatty Plc

-It finances, designs, constructs and maintains roads, rail, energy plants, water systems, buildings and communities. -Active across the UK, US, Hong Kong and Canada, it's known for ventures like HS2, Crossrail and major highway upgrades. -Known for innovation, it uses digital tools, off-site manufacturing and automated plant to enhance safety and efficiency. -An unusual highlight: it pioneered the Automated Cone Laying Machine, boosting roadworker safety on live highways.

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