Procurement UK Lead

Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.

We have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities; specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.

This commitment is delivered by an experienced and highly competent workforce of over 4,500 employees operating from 14 offices in strategic industrial hubs, upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance and quality.

The Procurement Supply Manager is responsible for working with the client, Project team and onsite delivery team to manage the end-to-end purchase of equipment and subcontractors to achieve the project outcomes. This position is based full time on site Monday to Friday 40 hours a week

• Work within a cross-functional integrated team (Supply chain management, Procurement, Engineering, Quality, HSE and others as required) to purchase all goods and

services required to deliver the HPC Project in Somerset a success

• Complete Tender Life Cycle - work with project delivery team to define business requirements, contracts formation, engage supply chain and tender stakeholders

• Negotiations (define negotiation strategy and drive negotiation results).

• Contract, together with legal team.

• Manage relationship with suppliers to ensure timely accurate delivery of the goods and services for the project

• Manage Priority Delivery Sequence - ability to balance requirements.

• Act as single point of contact for procurement activities

• Lead all procurement engagements and meetings in sufficient time to achieve programme objectives

• Establish overall procurement strategy and strategies for procuring individual packages

• Establish understanding of risks inherent to procurement packages and advise appropriate contract models

• Establish clear budget alignment to procurement packages

• Ensure tendering process is compliant with statutory and business requirements

• Ensure tendering communications are undertaken with traceability and clear configuration control

• Engage client to ensure Subcontract and vendor approval.
• Any other reasonable activities as requested by the line manager

Qualifications and experience

• Proven track record in a project role

• Knowledge of procurement systems

• Knowledge of forms of contract - NEC Suite beneficial

• Knowledge of plant, equipment management and purchasing

• Qualifications demonstrating high level of literacy and numeracy

• Membership of CIPS
• Change management & continuous improvement
• People management skills
• Senior Client engagement

• CCNSG or CSCS MAPS

If you wish to speak to a member of the recruitment team, please contact 01224 246246.

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