Role: Senior Supply Chain Professional - Infrastructure - Heavy plant and equipment

Salary: £60000 plus benefits (Including £car allowance, bonus, excellent pension scheme, share incentive. flexible working and hybrid)

Client: Iconic 10-year Infrastructure / Construction Project - household name

Location: Hybrid working and flexible working - Cumbria (Relocation package)

Our trusted blue chip, global client provides the world's biggest technology solutions to over 40 countries. This first culture has immobilised 100,000 people to develop, engineer, manufacture and support products / systems. They have a first-class reputation of keeping Global Critical Information and Technical Information Secure. Supply Chain Consultant - Infrastructure - 10-year investment - £60 K - Northwest

Technology and innovation are central to this business! Their unique projects underpin the overall strategy, culture and sustainability of the Global reach. Developing innovative technologies is a key part of this household worldwide name and is key to ensure they have a sustainable business they will continue to create value for their stakeholders and inspire their employees.

What you'll be doing:

• Working with the wider business and its external professional teams to develop sourcing and contracting solutions for a 10 year + investment programme in the Northwest
• Understanding of the sourcing strategies being pursued and providing supporting data
• Identification of risks, issues and liabilities within procurement and contract strategies
• Producing and managing procurement plans to capture stakeholder requirements
• Provide commercial and supply chain support to the delivery programmes
• Leading the sourcing and contracting procurement process, inclusive of tender pack development, evaluation and award
• Ensuring the quality of sourcing and contracting documentation is of the highest standard
• Leading negotiations with suppliers including commercial aspects to ensure the best outcome for the business
• Support the development of supply chain strategies and lead implementation of plans
• Co-ordination throughout the end-to-end procurement process such that customer and supplier issues are communicated and resolved effectively
• Ensure compliance will all internal and external regulatory process requirements
• Input into the bidding activity such that the budget is met, consistent with business objectives
• Report cost savings and cost avoidances
• Ensuring that life cycle costing principles are fully considered pre-ITT including input to Make v Buy process and contractor down-selection

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience working in supply chain for the infrastructure industry, especially procurement of heavy plant and equipment
• Experience leading procurements based on specification, for design and manufacture/build
• An understanding of business and procurement approaches, techniques, processes, policy and strategy
• Experience of contract and supplier performance management

Desirable:

• Client-side experience
• CIPS
• Experience in public sector/regulated environments useful

• MRICS qualification or similar

Benefits

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive. Sustainability and Wellbeing underpin the company culture with a work life balance hybrid / flexible option pack.

Overall, this is amazing opportunity to join career focused highly organised technology global service provider, that can genuinely help you leave the planet a more sustainable and secure place than you found it!

Please contact Lloyd Norman @ 1st Executive for a confidential company overview. First interviews to commence November 2024