Reporting to the Head of Procurement, you’ll lead and develop a team of procurement professionals while taking responsibility for supplier performance, category strategy, commercial risk and procurement excellence across our programme.
Working in a complex and fast-paced commercial environment, you’ll challenge traditional ways of working, identify opportunities to deliver differently and build collaborative relationships across our internal teams, Alliance Partners and supply chain.
Your responsibilities:
Leading, coaching and developing a high-performing procurement team, including Category Leads and Buyers.
Developing and implementing category strategies across construction services, materials and process plant.
Managing supplier and category risk to protect continuity, performance and value.
Monitoring supplier performance and using scorecards to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
Supporting tender activity, evaluating supplier submissions and providing commercially informed recommendations.
Negotiating critical goods and services to achieve the right balance of value, quality and reliability.
Ensuring procurement activity complies with framework agreements, governance requirements and responsible procurement standards.
Building trusted relationships with suppliers and identifying opportunities for supplier development.
Working collaboratively with Solutions, Commercial, Operations, Construction and Project teams to ensure procurement is involved early in decision-making.
Identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and commercial outcomes across the supply chain.
Championing digital transformation, data and analytics to improve procurement insight and decision-making.
Promoting innovation and challenging established approaches to unlock additional value.
Providing clear reporting, procurement insight and risk information to senior stakeholders.
Championing an inclusive, safe and high-performing working environment.