Strategic Procurement Specialist

4 weeks ago


Reading, Reading, United Kingdom Triumph Consultants Ltd Full time
Role: Senior Procurement Manager

Job Ref: QAD 2046/3110

Pay Rate: Competitive Market Rate

Hours per week: 37 hours per week

Contract Length: Anticipated 18 months

Location: Reading, West Berkshire

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Procurement Manager to join our team at Triumph Consultants Ltd. As a key member of our procurement function, you will be responsible for developing and implementing category strategies to achieve cost-effective solutions and sustainable business models.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop, implement, and drive category strategy for a complex group of categories.
  • Oversee the execution of the end-to-end strategic sourcing process for all complex and high-value procurements within the categories in the group.
  • Ensure supplier relationship management for key suppliers.
  • Develop and sign off supplier strategies with the objective of minimizing risk and maximizing value.
  • Act as sourcing business partner for certain areas of the business.
  • Use category expertise and external market insights to proactively propose alternative or innovative 3rd party solutions to senior and executive-level stakeholders to anticipate issues before they arise.
  • Develop the category team and drive a high-performance culture.
  • Drive supply chain management transformation.

Requirements:

  • End-to-end and post-contract procurement experience within an infrastructure/construction environment.
  • Experience of NEC 3/4 contracts.
  • Team management experience.


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