Procurement Manager

What you’ll be doing:

• Manage subcontract activities in conjunction with Commercial, project and technical teams including capture plan support; subcontract construct; contract negotiation, contract implementation, ensuring robust handshake to the Procurement Delivery Team as appropriate for ongoing through-life or in-contract delivery
• Ensure the Procurement strategies are being enacted through major bids and campaigns to support business winning and growth
• Develop and implement supplier and third-party bid winning/support strategy; ensuring that critical supplier relationships are cultivated, developed and maintained so as to allow the business to fully meet customer current and future needs and innovation
• Manage and influence internal and external stakeholder relationships to ensure the Procurement bid service provision
• Support the development and implementation of procurement strategy, governance and innovative change programmes, ensuring consistency and effective improvement in procurement services, embedding a culture of continuous improvement and the sharing of best practices
• Demonstrate a good understanding of Company systems, risk and supplier management tools and ensure compliance with business processes
• Lead opportunity activities to maximise contract effectiveness and value contribution/ savings
• Enable open communication with suppliers to encourage collaboration and innovation where appropriate
• Be seen by internal and external stakeholders as a subject expert for Procurement within a business 

Your skills and experiences:

• Significant experience working within a business winning procurement environment
• Possess a high standard of Procurement competence in key areas of sourcing, process knowledge especially negotiation and contracting skills
• Excellent project management skills, product awareness, commercial acumen, financial awareness, risk and opportunity management
• Have CIPS L5 qualification, IACCM or equivalent standard
• Good understanding of external environment and relevant market intelligence
• Demonstrate exemplary business acumen
• Ability to run and direct strategic bids and campaigns throughout the LCM lifecycle
• Coaching and supporting development as required
• Ability to develop and lead a high performing team, enabling a positive working culture that embraces diversity of thought as required