Description The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new strategic, large diameter, clean water interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure across Anglian Water’s region. The SPA Alliance is also taking on responsibility for the future interconnector pipelines, a further 260km of strategic interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure. You will be responsible for ensuring value for money and building relationships with our Ecosystem Partners. This will be through conducting mini competitions, applying Anglian Water allocation methodologies or conducting new procurement processes. Where appropriate you will need to ensure that the products purchase comply with DWI requirements. The role would be required to attend the Peterborough office 1 day, 2 days SPA sites and 2 days working from home. At Costain, we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation. If you’re passionate about making a positive impact and think you can bring value to our team, we’d love to hear from you—even if you don’t tick every box. Your unique skills and experiences could be exactly what we need. LI-KP1 Responsibilities Take ownership of your portfolio of work to deliver sourcing events to time and to deliver maximum value to the business. Appoint suppliers following an agreed sourcing methodology suitable for the value or complexity of the spend and/or requirement. Lead on commercial negotiations Ensure relevant systems are used and updated to ensure an auditable process and efficient reporting to the business. Ensure any requisitions raised comply with the SPA procurement policy and can accurately be converted into a SAP PO. Assist the P2P Team with delivery and payment queries as required. Support the Delivery Teams with one off purchases as required. Ensure you are compliant with the use of mandatory safety monitoring equipment, near miss reporting and compliance with the company procedures. Maintain H&S standards to enable a zero-accident culture. Actively work with your team, line manager and the H&S Team to improve upon H&S procedures where possible. Report all near misses through the appropriate channel to prevent future accidents. Knowledge, Skills and Experience Excellent stakeholder management and negotiation skills. Commercial acumen – designing new commercial models and pricing Defining the nature of relationship SPA establishes with suppliers Effectively integrating suppliers such that the ecosystem delivers out-performance, brings forward opportunities for innovation to enhance the delivery of SPA outcomes. Package procurement/ Category strategy Supplier capability development Experience of procurement within the water sector or a construction environment Qualifications Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (MCIPS) Operational Procurement Procurement within the Water, Infrastructure or Construction Industry Full UK Driving Licence