Description:
Your contributions will help us create new opportunities and possibilities every day – for us, for the country’s infrastructure, and for yourself.
Join our Regional Scotland team as a Procurement Manager and open up new pathways you never dreamt possible!
What you'll be doing
As Procurement Manager you will have the following accountabilities:
- Main point of contact for the BBK business
- Provide cover for Head of Procurement when required from time to time
- Manage and deliver monthly procurement dashboards
- Act as escalation point for both the team and business with regards to supply chain negotiations and issues
- Responsible for support, coaching and progression of entire team
- Leading the team to deliver the following: F
- ulfil requisitions on behalf of the business
- rovide support, resolve queries and offer advice
- nsure internal spend compliance
- ource suppliers and obtain quotations
- onduct tender processes
- ommodity research and spend analysis
- upplier meetings and engagement
- reation of Supply Chain Strategies
- anagement of Procurement Schedules
- uilding and maintaining strong relationships with all stakeholders
- dentify key trends or opportunities for cost reduction
- egotiate discounts and savings
- upplier performance management
- ubcontract Supply Chain & Category Management
- nsure accurate reporting of savings and value add activities
- nsure adherence to procurement processes and procedures
- rive procurement efficiencies through supply chain relationship management
- rovide support for pre-construction teams navigating through two-stage tenders.
Who we're looking for
The following skills and experience are required:
- Extensive experience within a Procurement, or similar, role
- Knowledge of procurement ERP and e-tendering systems (e.g. Oracle, Jaggaer or
similar)
- Knowledge of Subcontract Procurement Process
Supply Chain Management Experience
- Highly results orientated (proven track record of exceeding targets)
- Appropriate style of people management that will deliver objectives while taking into account the skills, personalities and needs of employees.
- Pragmatic yet disciplined approach to process compliance
- Stakeholder management skills
- Customer focussed
- Problem solving skills, ability to use own initiative to identify areas of improvement & propose solutions.
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Proven track record in negotiation
- Good presentation skills