Senior Procurement Manager

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Location: Scotland (Glasgow) Monklands Replacement
Core Skills: Sub-contract procurement, Scoping contract requirements, Tendering, Construction Materials
Are you a strategic thinking senior construction Procurement Manager who wants to lead procurement activities on the biggest and best projects? Then we have the opportunity for you in our Healthcare sector.
Do you have a passion for relationship building, sustainable procurement, best value and problem solving? Then come an feel valued and join our dynamic procurement team.
With a blank canvass you will be instrumental in developing procurement strategies, policies and processes. You will draw on your sub-contract and supply chain management skills to enhance the way we work together and deliver a collaborative relationship.
As a Senior Procurement Manager you will work on the procurement strategy with the Procurement Lead. You will be responsible for the delivery of project procurement objectives and requirements. Are you interested in supporting the procurement and estimating team with tendering, market analysis and supplier selection? If the answer is yes check out the duties below.
Duties Include

• Member of both the project and senior management team, responsible for the delivery of Business Procurement objectives and requirements.
• Provision and implementation of Project Procurement/Supply Chain/ Category specific / strategic trades.
• To provide market intelligence / cost advice / supply chain performance management and feedback to Central Procurement and Work Winning.
• To lead/support a team(s) of Procurement professionals, including training & development; staff appraisals; retention & reward; and recruitment to provide an effective Procurement service for the Business.
• To be responsible and accountable for the Procurement process of subcontractors, materials, plant and services, in accordance with the Project Procurement Strategy and LOR Values.
• To provide an ethical and consistent approach to the procurement of goods and services and ensuring compliance with the LOR corporate governance and Procurement best practice throughout the process to meet current legislation.
• To monitor markets and where appropriate, provide alternative procurement strategies to maximise opportunities or minimise risk.
• To be accountable for the provision of management information and reports in accordance with business requirements.
• To champion innovation and to put forward new and/or alternative methods, materials, products and systems that will increase competitive advantage and cost effective solutions.
• Attendance at Business Plan Review (BPR) and Senior Leadership team meetings, as required.

Essential Skills And Experience

• Sub-Contract procurement – Including scoping of sub-contracts
• Negotiation skills
• Legal & contracting law
• Risk & opportunity management
• Project procurement strategy

Supply chain planning

• Experience of working within the construction industry or similar and demonstrated knowledge of the interfaces and relationships that exist.
• Demonstrates the ability to manage, plan and structure operational procurement resources of mixed experience and capability.
• Good communication skills (verbal & written).
• Delivering robust procurement strategies.
• A measured approach to decision making and the ability to ensure best value procurement.
• Has delivered demonstrable added value through their procurement activity.

Experience of CIPS or working towards CIPS is desirable (Or chartership in another discipline CIOB or RICS). We are also considering relevant in job experience. We are considering candidates who are able to get to our offices in Dartford, Manchester or Birmingham.
About Us
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O\’Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O\’Rourke\’s story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme\’. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Purchasing and Supply Chain

• Industries

  Construction and Engineering Services

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