This highly influential executive appointment offers the responsibility to take strategic ownership of a major divisional supply chain, which supports the delivery of complex infrastructure programmes and projects countrywide.
The successful individual will play a leading role in shaping procurement and supply chain strategy, strengthening supplier capability and resilience, delivering commercial value and ensuring the organisation has the supply chain capacity required to support significant future growth.
Reporting to the Group Director of Procurement & Supply Chain, with matrix reporting to the Divisional Managing Director, you will lead the development and execution of the divisional P&SC strategy.
The position carries responsibility for over £600m of annual external spend, forecast to more than double over the next three years, with significant accountability for P&L performance, margin improvement, supply chain capability, sustainability and innovation.
As a member of both the Divisional and Procurement & Supply Chain Senior Leadership Teams, you will provide strategic leadership across the business, working closely with senior management, project teams, clients and key supply chain partners.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and deliver the divisional Procurement & Supply Chain strategy, aligned with wider business objectives.
- Lead the management of £600m+ annual external spend, driving value, efficiency and improved commercial outcomes.
- Ensure the supply chain has the capacity, capability and resilience to support current and future project requirements.
- Provide strategic direction to procurement and supply chain leadership across sectors and projects.
- Develop and own the Supplier Relationship Management strategy for the division.
- Build strategic relationships with key suppliers, partners and client procurement teams.
- Drive procurement excellence, innovation, risk mitigation and continuous improvement.
- Champion sustainable procurement and support measurable improvements across the supply chain, including Scope 3 emissions.
- Ensure compliance with procurement governance, policies, standards and best practice.
- Influence senior business decisions and represent Procurement & Supply Chain at executive level.
We are looking for an established senior Procurement & Supply Chain professional with significant leadership experience within the infrastructure, construction, engineering or major projects environment.
You will combine strategic leadership with strong commercial and financial acumen and have the credibility to operate with senior internal stakeholders, clients and major supply chain organisations.
Essential Experience includes -
- Previous experience leading the supply chain delivery for a tier one infrastructure delivery contractor
- Strong knowledge of infrastructure procurement and supply chain operations.
- Significant experience delivering major programmes, projects or procurement transformation.
- Proven leadership of complex supplier and vendor relationships.
- Strong financial and commercial acumen with experience driving P&L and margin improvement.
- Extensive contract negotiation experience, including heavily modified NEC3/NEC4 subcontracts.
- Ability to operate effectively within a complex, matrix organisation.
- Strong strategic stakeholder and relationship-management capability.
- Excellent leadership, negotiation, communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to influence credibly at senior leadership, client and supplier level.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Supply Chain Management or a related discipline.
- CIPS qualification/membership or an equivalent professional procurement qualification, such as CPSM.
- MBA, master’s degree or recognised leadership qualification would be advantageous.
This opportunity falls inside IR35 and rate shown is an indication. Details of the rate will be discussed with the chosen individual based on expertise and experience.
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