8 Procurement Managers - Construction / Infrastructure
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| Job Type | Permanent |
| Location | Birmingham OR London (Euston) with Hybrid Working |
| Area | London, UKMidlands, UK |
| Sector | High Speed Rail |
| Salary | £50 - 62,111. + Pen(6:12) + health + 25 days hol |
| Start Date | |
| Advertiser | Charlton Recruitment |
| Telephone | 07881022741 |
| Job Ref | HS200101 |
| Job Views | 701 |
- Description
- Looking for 8 Procurement Managers to work within the Client Organisation responsible for the New High-Speed Rail project in the UK this is a multi-billion-pound high-speed railway to directly link the city centres of: London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester.
Working within the ‘Construction’ Procurement department covering multiple contacts on Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the project. Working within the ‘Construction’ Procurement team who are responsible for delivering the procurement activities required to deliver procurement packages for stations, rail Systems, Communication & Controls, Phase 2 Early works civils, design & main works civils.
Procurement will be a mixture of construction services, technology & specialist services & design contracts. The Procurement manager will work in a small team and will be accountable for significant elements of procurement delivery for each package. Reporting to a Senior Procurement Manager (who will have responsibility for delivery of a procurement package) the Procurement Manager will work closely with colleagues across the business to prepare and deliver the procurement activities and will align potentially conflicting information requiring significant influencing skills.
Working with the other members of HS2 procurement and delivery teams, the Procurement Manager will assist with the production of procurement documentation, the management of the procurement process, supply-chain liaison, and management of submissions received and the evaluation thereof. The Procurement Manager will also maintain systems data as HS2 Ltd must comply with statutory requirements, and relevant government policies whilst ensuring that the organisations procurement actions are fair, transparent, non-discriminatory and deliver value-for-money outcomes, within agreed constraints.
Looking for Candidates with:
- Involved in Large Complex procurements within a regulated environment (utility contract regs (UCR) or public contract regs (PCR)). Ideally the procurement will be civil engineering, construction, utility orientated but also interested in other large complex procurements such as in technology (IT), equipment or services.
- Will have managed procurements & have good knowledge of the entire end to end OJEU process from business requirement through to contract execution & within UCR or PCR.
- Strong contractual understanding and ideally have experience with NEC3 suits of contracts.
- Have experience creating procurement documents throughout the end-to-end procurement process.
- Worked within complex organisations and so have experience managing a multitude of complex stakeholders.
- Must have excellent communication skills with the ability to influence others.
Cutting Edge Procurement Strategy
Excellent opportunity to be in the fore front of cutting-edge Procurement strategy using innovative incentivisation’s to encourage collaboration & procurement strategy which embeds new carbon & sustainability arrangements which will become the future industry standards.
Salaries Working Situation
The office location is Birmingham Snowhill they operate a flexible hybrid working model working 2 days a fortnight from the office. Overall this is a very flexible modern employer who cares about delivery not where you deliver from, however, if you wish to be based front the office more you can.
Salaries
Birmingham £50 – 57,367 + Pen (6:12) + health + 25 hols (Midpoint £52,152)
London £55,000 – 62,111.5 + Pen (6:12) + health + 25 hols (Midpoint £56,465)
Duties and Responsibilities
- Responsible for delivery elements of the operational procurement for the relevant package(s) and providing support for the delivery of the overall procurement, ensuring that these are aligned with other similar packages.
- Supporting the achievement of governance approval and assurance of all procurement deliverables as defined within the Procurement Handbook. Following approval of the relevant Category Plan, this includes responsibility for developing key components of the necessary Prequalification and ITT documentation to agreed timelines and ensuring that these achieve relevant approvals and assurance to permit release of this documentation.
- Supporting the management the procurement evaluation processes for the relevant package, including independently managing the day-to-day evaluation undertaken by a wide array of colleagues, and ensuring that these achieve relevant approvals and assurance to allow appropriate short-listing and contract award.
- Ensure procurement activities are undertaken in compliance with EU and UK legislation whilst driving a process that will become a benchmark for future projects around the world.
- Provide support to colleagues within the team and in other areas in the use of eSourcing.
- Ensure procurement reporting and management information is provided accurately and on a timely basis to synch with business reporting rhythm and cycles.
- Maintain systems data, ensuring appropriate storage, distribution and compliance
- Advise colleagues on the appropriate procurement approach.
- Present to boards and committees, as required, in order to respond to challenge and scrutiny
- Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all work activities, supporting and complying with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.
REQUIRED CRITERIA
Looking for professional procurement Managers who have manged large complex procurements, ideally construction related, through the end to end OJEU process in line with Utility Contract Regs (UCR) or Public Contract Regs. You will have produced documentation for each stage – route to market, ITT, tender evalueation etc.. and have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability o mange a mix of complex senior stakeholders.
You could be working in public sector organisation (local authorities, government ministry) utility authority (water, gas, electric), arm’s length body (Network Rail, national highways etc), universities.
SKILLS
- Skilled in compiling robust tender and commercial documents.
- Operates comfortably in a matrix environment, with high influencing and communication skills - able to persuade on the basis of objective argument in fact and analysis.
- Demonstrated analytical and commercial skills.
- Sponsor/Stakeholder relationship and management experience, together with highly developed communication and influencing skills.
KNOWLEDGE / Experience
- Ideally will have experience with the end to end OJEU process – however will consider someone with experience of a structured end to end procurement process and awareness of OJEU – through studies or current company adopt similar process
- Track record of utilising different procurement routes,
- Knowledge of different forms of contracts – ideally NEC (although not essential), Design & Build, ECI, Target Cost etc
- Knowledge of procuring large value complex heavy civils/construction or similar works/services – would be open to other backgrounds such as construction, oil & Gas, construction professional services,
- Understanding and working knowledge of cultivating strong relationships with existing and potential suppliers.
- Understanding of project scheduling and planning.
- Qualified to degree (or similar) level in relevant subject.
- MCIPS or FRICS (or equivalent) or currently studying towards accreditation.
- Could be working for a client, consultant or indeed principle contractor.
