Senior Procurement Manager - North East and Yorkshire

Description

• Leadership and People Management - build a high performing team – working with others, building, and maintaining collaborative environments and drive team to succeed/implement new ideas and procedures.
• With the support of the Performance and Improvement team responsible for the reporting on procurement performance, activities at a framework and up to divisional level.
• Function as a business partner to deliver guidance and advice to stakeholders to ensure the Procurement Department is routinely engaged at the earliest stages of planning and that goods and services are purchased using best practice principles maximising value from the supply chain.
• Build a high performing team – working with others, building, and maintaining collaborative environments and drive team to succeed.
• Procurement tender management – ensuring that the business unit is completing the preparation and management of the procurement schedule, controls, and processes to deliver a sustainable and value adding tender process.
• To provide end to end procurement support on a range of complex procurement activities, playing a key role in the development, delivery of procurement sourcing strategies and completing best practice and best value procurement.
• Prepare and collate the tender and contract documents for NEC form of contract and purchase orders.

Requirements

• Commercial Models and Management - understanding budgets and best value market rates; understanding of industry forms of contract such as NEC (New Engineering Contract), and best practice for unlocking performance through incentivised commercial models. Understanding of commercial value chains.
• Knowledge of GT BMS and minimum Standards - knowing the business standards and what is required from our supply chain to comply, including complying with GT's code of conduct.
• Stakeholder & Client Engagement - the ability to lead, co-ordinate and influence internal stakeholders to identify their needs and goals and embed this into our procurement and supply chain activities. Demonstrate integrity and trust – operate fairly in all workplace duties, having honest and transparent working relationships built on trust.
• Experience of working within a regulated and framework environment preferably within the water sector or applicable similar experience with an adjacent sector such as civils, utilities, or power.
• Stakeholder & client engagement – a successful candidate will need the ability to lead, co-ordinate and influence internal stakeholders to identify their needs and goals and embed this into our procurement and supply chain activities.
• Working knowledge of commodity/purchase order terms and conditions.
• Risk Management – be able to recognise, resolve and/or identify procurement and commercial risks for escalation. Understand the legal and commercial contents of GT standard commodity and subcontract terms, with an understanding of the mechanics of how to produce a fit for purpose purchase, hire or subcontract order.
• Relationship management and collaboration - ability of best practice tools and approaches to unlock teamwork and build strong relationships and effective conflict management skills. Driving 'Advantage Through Alignment' (AtA) as our strategic approach to Supply Chain relationships. An ability to assist in the organisation of events, attending meet the buyers’ sessions, and engage groups to generate ideas, innovation and communicate our strategy.
• An ability and knowledge to be able to identify and action procurement opportunities including establishment of GT frameworks, opportunity grouping and the promotion internal trading opportunities.
• Flexibility, resilience and the ability to influence and build relationships with key stakeholders. Demonstrating strong ethical standards with openness and honest.
• Working knowledge of the NEC and/or IChem E forms of contract.
• Product and Service Knowledge - knowledge of construction materials, services, and methodology. Understanding of the Clients mandatory framework supplier process.
• Negotiation skills and ability to agree contracts.
• Supply Chain Engagement & Presentation Skills - ability to engage with the supply chain in a pro-active and planned manner, an ability to build and maintain relationships.
• Professional CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply) qualification or willing to commit to a structured training plan to obtain the same.
• Experience with digital procurement, costing and commercial systems – preferably Orbit.
• Experience of leading a team of procurement professionals

Benefits

• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Comprehensive pension plan
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it

Training + Development

Interview process

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