Procurement Manager

Job Description

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Procurement Manager

Uxbridge / Leicester / Solihull

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Procurement Manager to join the team at Galliford Try.

As the Procurement Manager you will ensure the business develops and implements group wide procurement framework trading agreements for our key areas of spend. Working within our Group procurement and supply chain team, you will be engaging with the wider business units and ensuring our strategies, processes and procedures enable us to deliver for our clients, supporting the development of a strong and aligned supply chain to improve our delivery performance and support the businesses future sustainable growth plans.

What you will be doing:

You will develop, create, implement, and manage a wide range of material and plant, direct and indirect and other central trading agreements that will help us leverage the size of Galliford Try's scale in the marketplace. These will be communicated to the buying teams, and wider business, monitored, and supported in their utilisation throughout the business.

To ensure we have trading agreements that add value to our business, ensuring we maximise the value through highly collaborative solutions. Helping us to implement digital self-service solutions which make us more efficient in how we manage our transactions and improve our procurement to pay. Your work will help us to win and deliver multiple fantastic projects across the UK within the building, infrastructure, and environment (water) sectors.

Whilst carrying out your role you will promote the business and overarching company values, developing strong and professional relationships that will enable us to strengthen our relationships with our supply chain and other key stakeholders. You will also build strong and professional working relationships with all key stakeholders across Galliford Try and act as role model ensuring that you uphold our company values.

Responsibilities:

• Define, develop, create, implement and manage robust Group Trading Agreements in collaboration with the wider business.
• Develop strong relationships with our internal stakeholders to deliver agreements that enable implementation within our working winning and project delivery.
• Establish and communicate our approaches in ensuring compliance with GT processes, policies, and procedures.
• Negotiate agreements that leverage Galliford Try's scale in the marketplace, allowing a wide range of agreements enabling our business units to efficiently procure from.
• Manage trading agreements from concept to implementation ensuring we have robust and transparent methods of selection for suppliers, the negotiation of supply contracts and service standards ensuring the business can place fully compliant and timely orders to be places to meet business / project needs and objectives.
• Ensure visibility of our works across our trading partners to enable us to proactively monitor 3rd party spend.
• Review categories of spend internally to identify any leakage and manage the spend back to our preferred suppliers.
• Work closely with key business experts to ensure we continue to drive our approach around key areas such as low carbon construction, quality, health and safety, innovation, design and many more.
• Liaise & interface with key purchasers and related parties to achieve best practice from the supply chain.
• Establish and monitor procurement trends across the business.
• Develop strategies and processes to create an aligned and capable supply chain.
• Manage the establishment, maintenance, and effective communication of an approved supplier list.
• Develop relationships with key suppliers to drive efficiency and effectiveness through the supply chain.
• Ensure proactive support of procurement initiatives including attendance at collaborative workshops and buying forums as required.
• Ensure all examples of best practice and added value by procurement are captured and communicated regularly.
• Set up & manage regular meetings with key stakeholders to ensure project procurement needs are consistently met.
• A keen interest to help us shape our digital procurement journey through data, systems and process.
• Whilst carrying out their role, our Procurement Managers promote the business and overarching company values, developing strong and professional relationships with our supply chain and other key stakeholders externally and across Galliford Try. They act as role models, upholding our company values and demonstrating passion for supply chain best practice.

About you:

• High level of commercial awareness and excellent negotiation skills.
• Ability to create procurement category strategies.
• Experienced in developing and delivering ITT's and different procurement activities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• High levels of energy and enthusiasm with the ability to motivate and instil this in others.
• Proficient people management skills
• Ability to work to tight deadlines, manage time efficiently, plan and prioritise work activities.
• Able to analyse large amounts of complex information and produce coherent summaries, analysis, options, recommendations and conclusions
• Experience of creating and delivering trading agreements, direct and indirect.
• Previous experience in a procurement discipline.
• Previous experience within construction related categories would be advantageous.
• Previous experience of indirect categories would be advantageous.
• Relevant professional qualification such as CIPS or be willing to work towards this.
• Computer literate with knowledge/experience of Microsoft 365 suite i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBi.

What We Can Offer in Return:

With an impressive order book of over £4.1 billion we are one of the industry's leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we're poised for further growth and success, so if you're committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our 'Be Well' programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• 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
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About us:

Our purpose is to improve people's lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.

For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our business please contact View email address on energyjobsearch.com

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don't meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview."

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