• Rate: Up to £465/day (Umbrella Inside IR35)
• Location: the role can be based from any Company’s sites across the UK with a typical 3 days/week site presence required (Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Leeds, Epsom, London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Swansea, Derby, Nottingham, Sheffield, Newcastle, Warrington and others)
• Hours: 37.5 (Hybrid working)
• Duration: 6 months initially
• Clearance: UK passport older who have lived and worked in the Uk for the past 5 years, eligible for SC

  
Key responsibilities:

• Deliver and execute partnering and supply chain strategies in identified priority pursuits & bids across the region.
• Draft partner MOUs, Teaming /Workshare Agreements at campaign/bid stages as required.
• Be proactive in seeking involvement in major bids across the Core markets and embed yourself as an integral part of campaign and bid teams.
• Support make/buy strategies on individual bids.
• Influence the “in delivery” strategy/proposed roles and responsibilities and estimates for the management of the supply chain on individual bids to drive consistency of approach in delivery.
• Actively drive change to ensure early and consistent engagement of the function in campaigns and win work through actively demonstrating added value as well as through recommendations in structural changes to ways of working.
• Work with multi-functional teams along the end-to-end supply chain process to ensure we select and subcontract with the right suppliers and appropriate checks are done.
• Work with the appropriate commercial teams on new contracting models where supply chain forms an integral part of our client offerings.
• Help to shape the supply chain strategy in relation to future client offerings and targeted growth pipeline.
• Act as key point of contact for advice & guidance around Procurement and supply chain in Work Winning.
• Train, develop and advise bid and delivery teams in on supply chain best practice.
• Embed the Company’s values and act as role model in all interactions internally and externally.
• For successful bids lead on contractually mobilising external partners /suppliers in support of programme teams – be the conduit from tender stage.
• The role may acquire other responsibilities as the supply chain function develops and matures and the successful candidate has an opportunity to help shape this role and its remit.

About you

• Your primary focus will be to directly support the business strategy and growth agenda, demonstrating an uplift in functional capability and helping to change how supply chain is more consistently considered and used across the region as early as possible in the project lifecycle.
• To be successful in this role, having the ability to quickly develop strong relationships with senior leaders across the region is key, demonstrate the value-add and being proactive and agile during execution is considered critical. A robust understanding of procurement and supply chain management, including supply chain design, business partnering, supplier relationship management and bidding is required.
• This is a hands-on role to help demonstrate the value of procurement and the successful candidate will be required to implement supply chain design into tangible agreements/outputs at the different stages of project life cycle, including campaigns, bids and mobilisation.
• An engineering background would be highly beneficial given the nature of the organisation/its service offerings.
• If you have the necessary technical expertise and contracting organisation experience, have a drive for improvement, want to actively shape the direction of the Project Procurement function and make a real difference in an organisation where supply chain is recognised to be instrumental to deliver on our future strategy and successful growth, this role is for you.
• Significant amount of experience and proven track-record in Procurement & Supply Chain in contracting organisations (preferably in work winning).
• Significant experience of drafting partnering /teaming agreements and supply chain subcontracts in a contracting organisation.
• Experienced in developing and executing procurement and supply chain strategies in work winning.
• Experience in analysing clients ITTs, extracting requirements, writing RFQs, managing competitive tenders, supplier selection, and complex negotiations.
• Ability to operate at a strategic level and develop effective relations internally with business leaders and externally with suppliers whilst having the technical ability to create bespoke arrangements.
• Experience in delivering change in a procurement function in a projects based contracting organisation.
• Commercial acumen and strong negotiation skills.
• Strong collaborator, Self-starter with excellent communication skills
• Analytical and ability to problem-solve.
• Pro-active, strong multi-tasking skills and resilience
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and conflicting demands from stakeholders on a regular basis.