Procurement & Contract Manager
Location: Port of Tyne or Great Yarmouth

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement procurement strategies aligned with business needs and category strategies.
• Lead the preparation and management of procurement activities, including requests for information (RFI), bidders’ lists, evaluation procedures, and tendering.
• Negotiate contracts and ensure timely award and execution of agreements.
• Manage contract performance, ensuring adherence to KPIs and compliance with contractual terms.
• Handle contractual changes, including variation orders, amendments, and terminations as required.
• Maintain strong supplier relationships and collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure effective project delivery.
• Safeguard compliance with SOX controls and ensure alignment with safety, ethics, and company values.

Key Requirements:

• Experience in procurement and contract management, ideally within operations and maintenance (O&M), with a background in industries such as oil and gas, renewables, nuclear, or pharmaceuticals.
• Proven ability to independently manage complex tasks with a significant impact on business objectives.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and experience in supplier relationship management (SRM).
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to adapt to new processes, embrace change, and seek continuous improvement.

This role is full-time, requiring 37.5 hours per week, based at either the Port of Tyne or Great Yarmouth office. If you are a proactive and strategic procurement professional with a track record of successfully managing contracts and supplier relationships, we invite you to apply.

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.