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Senior Procurement Manager - london


Balfour Beatty
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London
7 days ago
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About the role

Location: Flexible (UK-wide) - with willingness to travel as required

Are you ready to lead high-value procurement activity on some of the UK's most ambitious infrastructure projects? Balfour Beatty is recruiting a Senior Procurement Manager, responsible for managing a large team and overseeing significant supply chain spend in excess of £100m.

This is a strategic, high-impact leadership role where you'll partner with Project Directors, Commercial Directors and the wider procurement community to deliver best-in-class procurement solutions. With a flexible base location, you'll also need to be comfortable travelling to project sites and offices across the UK when required.

What you'll be doing

Strategic Leadership
  • Develop and own the Procurement Strategy for your project or Business Unit.
  • Act as a key link between delivery teams and Procurement Centres of Expertise.
  • Ensure alignment with main contract terms, BB procurement policy and sustainability goals.
Operational Excellence
  • Lead sourcing activities, tenders and ITTs to deliver best value and exceed savings targets.
  • Oversee procurement of materials, plant and subcontract packages.
  • Ensure appropriate flow-down of contractual terms.
Supplier & Stakeholder Engagement
  • Build strong relationships with key stakeholders and supply chain partners.
  • Support delivery of the Supply Chain Management Strategy.
  • Identify supply chain innovations and drive continuous improvement.
Team Leadership
  • Lead, nurture and develop a high-performing Procurement Team.
  • Ensure best-practice processes, compliance and quality standards are consistently met.
  • Oversee tendering, contract management and supplier performance systems (Jaggaer, Oracle).
Who we're looking for

Essential
  • Strong stakeholder management and advanced negotiation skills.
  • Category management experience and knowledge of materials/subcontract procurement.
  • Solid understanding of legal frameworks and commercial risk.
  • Proven track record delivering high-value, complex tenders.
  • Experience leading procurement teams in a major project or large organisation.
  • Strong organisational, communication and supplier relationship management skills.
Desirable
  • MCIPS or equivalent.
  • Advanced negotiation training.
  • Senior procurement experience within the relevant sector.
Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key 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)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more...

About us

Balfour Beatty works at the heart of the UK's rail networks - designing, enhancing and maintaining thousands of miles of the railways that connect communities and underpin growth.

From feasibility studies, planning and design through to implementation and asset management, we provide multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure services across the lifecycle of rail assets. Our expertise covers electrification, track, power, civils, specialist rail plant, railway systems and technologies.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
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Senior Procurement Manager - london
Balfour Beatty
London
7 days ago
N/A
Full-time

Senior Procurement Manager - london