Senior Procurement Manager

Help us turn vision into reality. How would you like to work on some of the most exciting and prestigious projects around the globe? Join our collaborative Complex Projects team where everyone has a voice, and together, we deliver excellence for people and the environment. Flexible and remote working are central to our culture. So, talk to us about how we can support you. We value your transferable skills and potential and are ready to invest in your development and progression.

Your role: We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Procurement Manager to help us establish our Procurement expertise within the London Procurement & Commercial team. The successful candidate will be passionate about working with our clients and will bring a growth mindset to build and strengthen key client relationships. As a Senior Procurement Manager your role will require you to draw on your procurement, commercial and supply chain expertise to advise and deliver a broad range of procurement and commercial requirements to our clients. You will promote procurement best practice, identify opportunities for continuous improvement, and help clients enhance their procurement and commercial capability.

About you:

• Degree qualified, with membership or working towards a relevant professional body such as MCIPs.
• Experience in delivering procurement activities across major programmes and complex infrastructure environments such as utilities, transport, energy, or defence.
• Ability to work in a client facing environment, alongside multidisciplinary teams of colleagues, clients and partners to deliver solutions to complex client or industry challenges.
• Demonstrable experience developing and implementing procurement strategies, defining requirements, leading sourcing and tendering activities, supporting contract mobilisation and driving value through effective supplier and contract management.
• Experience or knowledge of industry standard contract forms such as NEC, JTC or FIDIC with the ability to understand and advise on contractual and commercial risks.
• Experience in a wide range of end-to-end procurement lifecycle activities, with the ability to advise or deliver complex procurements across client strategic projects.
• Strong commercial awareness with experience in supporting clients achieving procurement objectives, improving commercial outcomes and enhancing organisational procurement capability.
• Experience or desire to drive business development activities, including client relationship management, opportunity identification, proposal development, bid writing and supporting the growth of client relationships.
• Experience of working within public and private sector organisations, including use or knowledge of Public Sector Procurement Regulations such as Public Contract Regulations 2015, Utilities Regulations 2016 and an understanding of key legislative changes under the Procurement Act 2023.
• Possesses strong communication, engagement and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, challenge and build consensus across complex stakeholder environments.
• A proactive and growth-orientated mindset with a commitment to continuous professional development, technical excellence and delivering high quality outcomes for clients whilst representing the AtkinsRéalis brand.

Rewards & benefits: Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

Security clearance: This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria.