Overview
In this role you embed with the OCS team on a client site to lead procurement and supply chain across FM projects. You will shape procurement strategy, manage governance, and ensure performance standards through effective supplier relationships. You’ll drive cost savings and value through rigorous tendering, contract management, and benchmarking, while aligning activities with the organizational strategy. This is a hands-on, cross-functional role that influences project delivery and supplier performance at scale.
Pay / Benefits
- digital learning programmes
- OCS Academy
- Hapi employee discounts
- wellbeing resources
- flexible pay via Wagestream (contract specific)
- professional growth opportunities
Responsibilities
- Own and deliver end-to-end procurement and supply chain for the contract, including FM project streams (PPM service delivery, M&E, Fabric, Project Consultants)
- Establish and govern supplier relationships to ensure reliable, high-quality service to client sites
- Develop procurement strategy in partnership with the account team and take ownership of delivery
- Identify, select, develop and manage new suppliers through evaluation, performance measurement, contract review and benchmarking
- Negotiate and secure cost savings while evidencing value for money to customers
- Apply a risk-based approach to tendering, tender analysis, and award, with commercial modelling and KPI/SLA considerations negotiated and back-to-back with suppliers
Key requirements
- Procurement and supplier management experience
- Experience in tendering, contract negotiation and cost savings
- Ability to develop and deliver procurement strategy and governance
- Strong supplier evaluation, benchmarking and KPI/SLA management
- Analytical mindset and performance measurement skills
- Contract management experience
- Driving license (as per posting)
- Stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration
- negotiation
- stakeholder management
- analytical thinking
- procurement strategy
- supplier evaluation
- contract management
Operational Buyer in Birmingham employer: OCS Group
OCS UK & Ireland is an award-winning employer that prioritises the growth and wellbeing of its employees, offering extensive training and development opportunities through the OCS Academy. Located in Hammersmith, our team enjoys a supportive work culture that values trust, respect, unity, and empowerment, alongside benefits such as flexible pay options and access to exclusive retail discounts. Join us to be part of a diverse workforce dedicated to making a positive impact in facilities management.
