Procurement Manager - Construction / Infrastructure
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| Job Type | Permanent |
| Location | Snowhill Birmingham & London Euston with Hybrid Working |
| Area | London, UKMidlands, UK |
| Sector | High Speed Rail |
| Salary | £50 - 57,000 + Pen (6:12) + 25 days Hol |
| Start Date | |
| Advertiser | Charlton Recruitment |
| Telephone | 07881022741 |
| Job Ref | HS20029 |
| Job Views | 254 |
- Description
- I am looking for 2 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 team who are responsible for delivering the procurement activities required to deliver procurement packages for all the stations on both Phase 1 & 2. Procurement will be a mixture of construction services contracts and also common equipment which is required at all stations. 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.
Cutting Edge Procurement Strategy
Excellent opportunity to be in the fore front of cutting-edge Procurement strategy using innovative incentivisation’s, procurement strategy which embeds new carbon & sustainability arrangements which will become the future industry standard.
Superb opportunity for career development and long-term work stability, Senior Procurement Managers earn £65 – 80k + pkg.
Work Situation - Hyrid
The office location is Birmingham Snowhill or London Euston they operate a flexible hybrid working model with plans to be working 4/5 days a fortnight from the office - so 2 /3 days a week. 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.
Birmingham £50 - 52,152.5 + Pen(6/12) + 25 hols
London Euston £54 – 56,695 + Pen(6/12) + 25 hols
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
REQUIRED CRITERIA
Ideal Backgrounds
- Experience of NEC suite of contracts
- Experience of OJEU and Utility Contract Regulation (UTR)
- Knowledge of procuring large value complex heavy civils/construction or similar works/services & come equipment procurement.
- Client experience
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.
