Procurement Manager – FM/Construction
Job Description
Job title: Procurement Manager – FM/Construction
Company: Highfield Professional Solutions
Job description: Salary: £50000 – £60000 per annum + car package, health, pension GBP / Year
Contact: Kirsty Lockyear
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Contact phone: 01489888472
Job ref: BBBH22161_1704381357
Published: Posted 11 hours ago
Duration:
Expiry Date: 2024-Jan-18
Startdate: ASAP
Procurement Manager-Fm/Construction
Hybrid role covering
£50-60k + car and benefits package
The Company
Our client has recently been awarded a 7-year contract for the maintenance and improvement of the Defence Built Estate, to include in excess of 20,000 assets.
They are a new business, formed to deliver infrastructure, asset, and facilities management services into the UK Defence Sector. They are a 50:50 Joint Venture between 2 already established big players in the FM and Utilities markets with over 55 years’ experience.
They are committed to enabling Defence capability through maintaining and enhancing the built estate in which our Armed Forces live, work and train.
The role
The Procurement Manager will have overall responsibility for our specialist supply chain network. Focus will be to create and implement the supply chain strategy for specialist services across several dynamic facilities management contracts.
As a new business, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop the strategy and identify opportunities to drive improved efficiency, quality, innovation.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong procurement experience, preferably within the facilities management sector.
This is a new role following a recent restructure of our supply chain department.
Location: Home based, but with the expectation that you will spend 2/3 days per week on sites across England and Wales
Key Responsibilities:
Develop the specialist supply chain strategy across multiple contracts
Identify opportunities to drive improved efficiency, quality, innovation
Relationship management of key specialist suppliers, monitoring performance, compliance and KPIs where appropriate
Where required, source new suppliers, managing the end-to-end from sourcing to negotiation and implementation.
Establish appropriate framework agreements or similar for the provision of professional services across a number of disciplines, to support delivery of project works and other indirect services.
Ensuring that Suppliers not only demonstrate value for money but are also able to meet operational outputs of the contract, delivering an excellent service to our client and customers.
Carry out market testing and benchmarking exercises on internal and external suppliers to ensure the maintenance of market competitiveness, value for money and best practice
Could this be for you?
Hard facilities management and / or construction background essential
CIPS Qualification desired.
Experience in supplier relationship management – ability to demonstrate examples of successful implementation
Experience in tender creation and document production with excellent Microsoft Word, Excel skills
Experience evaluating complex tender submissions and presenting outcomes.
Proven contract negotiation and stakeholder influencing skills.
Demonstrable experience of managing a full sourcing process; from design through to execution.
Why apply
Multiple government funded defence contracts
Up to 6% employer matched pension contribution
25 days annual leave
Excellent career progression, training and development
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Highfield Professional Solutions Unit 1 and Unit 2 Mill Court The Sawmills Durley S032 2EJ
Expected salary: £50000 – 60000 per year
Location: England
Job date: Sat, 06 Jan 2024 07:45:02 GMT
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