Subcontract Procurement Manager (North) in Batley, Yorkshire

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure. This role will be within our Clean Water Capital Delivery Team - Our teams deliver various schemes from Mains Renewal, Diversions and PMVs all in aid of supporting the UU clean water network.

The Subcontract Procurement Manager will report to the Head of Procurement and work within the Northern Commercial team, while collaborating closely with both divisional and project stakeholders. The role is central to overseeing subcontract procurement activities, ensuring alignment with organisational standards, and driving efficiency and cost management benefits. This includes managing supplier relationships, leading subcontract sourcing efforts, and ensuring compliance with procurement policies, standards, and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) commitments.

• Procurement professional responsible for delivering subcontract savings and efficiency improvements while managing end-to-end competitive tendering (RFQs, ITTs).
• Negotiates and awards subcontracts in line with budgets, timelines, and compliance standards.
• Builds strong supplier relationships, monitors performance, and implements corrective actions to ensure quality and continuity.
• Conducts structured tender evaluations, mitigates commercial and supply chain risks, and enhances procurement processes and reporting.
• Collaborates with internal teams to align subcontract strategies with project needs.
• Ensures compliance with organisational standards, supports governance and ESG priorities, manages supplier onboarding, and analyses spend to provide actionable insights on performance, pipeline, and cost savings.

What you'll bring:

• Proven experience in subcontract procurement, including NEC3 and NEC4 subcontract forms and bespoke client contracts.
• Expertise in scoping, tendering, evaluation, negotiation, and contract placement.
• Proficiency in procurement technologies (e.g., ERP systems) and MS Office tools, especially Excel.
• Strong organisational, data analysis, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and projects effectively.

Whats in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:

• Contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme
• Recommend a friend get rewarded for introducing people to us!

In addition, this role offers:

• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
• Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
• Private Healthcare - family cover
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Discretionary bonus scheme

About us:

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs. Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.