Position
Senior Procurement Manager at STRABAG in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Responsibilities
* Lead and drive Procurement Strategy across project and initiatives.
* Establish, build, and maintain collaborative relationships with all key suppliers.
* Negotiate pricing, contracts, and payment terms with suppliers to secure savings.
* Provide material and goods projections to key suppliers to ensure availability on a timely basis.
* Drive and support Category management ensuring utilisation and maximisation of group frameworks.
* Promote and support the use of internal businesses and ensure that they are included in all tender opportunities.
* Procurement leading the sub-contract procurement across the business.
* Support the Work Winning teams and ensure that Procurement Strategies are in place.
* Manage the Procurement team group-wide, including recruitment, developing staff and managing agreed budgets.
* Ensure compliance with procedural, regulatory, quality, environmental and corporate social responsibility policies.
* Collaborate with operational management and the supply chain to identify innovation and source new and alternative materials and methods.
* Advocate for Procurement. Influence senior managers, and design and lead on direct benefits realisation.
* Lead and drive up-skilling and training within the Procurement team.
* Lead client facing activities across regional projects.
* Resolve any discrepancies with suppliers, grievances, claims, conflicts, product non-conformance or quality issues.
* Manage corporate initiatives with the supply chain.
* Ensure supplier evaluation forms and risk assessments are maintained.
Qualifications
* Degree qualified in a business, procurement or related discipline
* CIPS qualified
* Experience within construction/engineering or similar background
* Strategically minded and creative, able to translate a vision into clear methodical plans.
* Experience of managing a Procurement team within the construction industry.
* Experience of running supply chain events
* Experience with tendering process (CompeteFor etc)
* Good IT and communication skills at all levels.
* Strong financial and commercial awareness.
* Change management experience.
Position Details
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Purchasing and Supply Chain
* Industry: Construction
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