Procurement and Supply Chain Manager - Sector

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Responsibilities

The role will report to the Sector Head of Procurement and Supply Chain and will be part of the functional SLT team and will lead on project Procurement and Supply Chain Management across their sectors. The Sector P&SC Manager role will be responsible for and can demonstrate:

• Delivering Procurement (Pre-Contract) & Supply Chain Management (Post-Contract) across their sector, providing direction and support in the process. This will include collaborating seamlessly with the pre-construction estimating team and the post-award commercial team under our One Team, One Costain vision.
• Ability to utilise the Procurement Process to enable ECI, guiding the team on the decision-making criteria such as (but not limited to): the maturity of the design, the preservation of commercial tension, the likely benefits realisation pipeline, the opportunity to secure scarce resource, the relationship with the proposed ECI 2-stage Subcontractor and the ability to take a recommendation through The Costain Way gated governance.
• Project management and procurement to deliver our category strategy requirements. Project management of subcontract procurement activities, delivering predictable best-in-class outcomes which enable the project team to meet all key dates and milestones, whilst delivering high forecast accuracy.
• Ensuring a robust and structured supply chain exists to service the requirements of the projects / frameworks fully complying with the How- to- Buy Process. Feeding into both the sectoral and Group Strategic, Preferred and Approved Supply Chain Segmentation model.
• Enabling the drive towards Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), including but not limited to local Small to Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) engagement, delivering Social Impact, as well as Net Zero.
• Promote collaboration between the business and the supply chain to unlock value through innovation and best practice where appropriate using the principles of ISO44001 or P13 principles.
• Develop strong relationships with key internal stakeholders to democratise the procurement process, our strategic approach and governance, unlocking Value for Money across our portfolio of work
• Develop relationships with client\’s Supply Chain and Procurement teams, participating in their initiatives to assist them in achieving their goals, maximising stakeholder engagement with external stakeholders to deliver outcomes.
• Ability to utilise both strategic and operational procurement approaches to drive appropriate risk allocation looking at this through both an operational and commercial lens driving cost-avoidance
• Experience in facilitating/co-ordinating the development of exemplar subcontract scoping documents, reviewing this documentation via a commercial lens with the ability to constructively challenge subcontract scoping gaps – encouraging exemplar specification
• Ability to leverage operational procurement and subcontract practises that keep disallowed costs to a minimum, with a small delta between the normalised quote and the outturn cost, preserving the margin of our projects and the Group.
• Supply Chain Performance Management, including managing under-performance with successful corrective action planning, and excellent performance (via the sharing of lessons learned).

Qualifications

• Member Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply qualified (min level 5)
• Experience working in a similar level role
• A clear and visible enthusiasm for driving improvement in best practice
• Extensive knowledge of supply chain management and procurement
• Experience of collaborative working and implementing innovation
• Operational Procurement & Supply Chain skills relevant to the construction industry
• Extensive knowledge of leading procurement and supply chain practice and the value the P&SC function add to our projects is communicated regularly throughout the function to drive a learning culture
• Basic carbon literacy and an awareness of ISO20400 Guidance Standard for Sustainable Procurement
• Experienced in leading supply chain engagement, e.g., chairing procurement meetings and negotiations
• Excellent analytical skills relating to numerical and clarifications assessments
• Experience in developing and implementing ESG and SV policies with the supply base.
• Familiarity with NEC forms of contract
• Ability to evaluate and understand research and identify relevant and valuable information
• Thinks strategically and a natural collaborator
• Proactive, flexible and results oriented.
• Excellent Microsoft Office suite proficiency (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams)