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**About Aggregate Industries UK**

We are at the heart of construction, committed to building progress and transforming the industry to deliver a more sustainable future for all. We are recognised as one of the safest, most customer-focused companies in this space and we are looking for you to be part of our movement to grow, innovate and develop together to create continuous value.

Join today and build progress with us.

**The Opportunity**

This is a newly created opportunity to provide procurement support for the Surfacing Solutions Contracting business. Reporting to the Senior Category manager for Energy, fuels and bitumen you'll be working closely with the Head of Operational & Logistics Supply Chain for our surfacing solutions division.

This role will be responsible for managing £51m annual spend across 130 suppliers working in close collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders to ensure the proactive and effective end-to-end management of all Procurement and commercial requirements for the categories.

**Who are you?**

Ideally you’ll have experience in the construction industry and working with commercial contracts and be used to supporting cross-functional teams through change management.

You’ll have a strong Purchasing or category management background and experience in setting strategic plans with an ability to lead and manage multiple priorities and projects effectively and efficiently without compromising quality.

Competent at managing the end to end tender process, you’ll have experience drafting tender documentation and of drafting and negotiating contract terms and conditions and also the development of performance metrics (SLA’s and KPI’s).

A proactive and self motivated individual you will have ideally developed your strong networking and relationship building skills within a large, complex, matrix organisation across multiple sites.

Due to the nature of the role it's key that you exhibit a high degree of resilience alongside your strong negotiation and influencing skills and your desire to deliver results.

Additional project management experience and knowledge of E1, Coupa and SAP systems would be advantageous.

**Benefits**
- Competitive Salary, bonus, 25 days holiday (with options to increase) and other benefits - all recognising the contribution you bring.
- Opportunities for Hybrid working, sometimes working from home, our offices and where you are most effective.
- Be valued and supported, working as part of a highly respected Procurement team in a business that has a huge focus on Health & Safety.
- Opportunities for career progression both at home and abroad (via our parent company Holcim).
- An inclusive and safety focused culture with people at the heart of the business.

**We are committed to building a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.