Procurement Manager

Procurement Manager – Freedom Group  

London or Stowmarket (Hybrid Working) 

Permanent/Full Time

£50,000 - £65,000 (depending on experience) + Car Allowance + Benefits  

Freedom Group have a brilliant opportunity for a Procurement Manager to join their team based in either our London or Stowmarket offices.  Reporting to the Head of Procurement, this role will develop and implement appropriate procurement strategies that support the business unit to meet its business plan targets.  

You’ll work closely with the Commercial Managers, and flex across Direct and Indirect categories to include Civils, Utilities, Cabling, Switchgears, Transformers etc.  

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:  

• Act as the procurement lead each contract/tender, ensuring that the procurement function produces meaningful procurement strategies bid/pricing strategies for all 
• Manage supply chain in your operational business unit to maximise value for that business unit and the wider division
• Ensure supply chain relationships are developed and maintained to deliver exemplar performance, bring appropriate technical innovation and keeps us ahead of the competition  
• Working with operational teams, lead supplier performance reviews including the recording of output into the proprietary system, providing feedback to suppliers and implementing improvement plans where necessary
• Proactively support bid teams with up to date and accurate procurement data and sub-contractor/supplier costs where required. Ensuring that the best value for money and added value price is identified 
• Work with Operational teams on an on-going basis to ensure that sub-contractors and suppliers are the best fit for the contract and continue to deliver value to support contract retention and exemplar customer satisfaction
• Support operational delivery teams in pre-commencement periods through the publication of known/national SLAs and the development of contract specific, value adding SLAs with key suppliers

What we’re looking for:  

We’re looking for candidates with significant experience of project-based Procurement who bring confidence, knowledge and drive to the team. Ideally, you’ll be MCIPS qualified (although we will support progression to MCIPS) and have the following:  

• Managed project procurement spends of £2m + 
• Lead Procurement Projects from start to finish
• Mix of direct and indirect procurement experience and capability
• Highly skilled at getting others committed to the goal
• Confident, enthusiastic and encourages creativity
• Understands the needs of stakeholders and as a result, engages them
• Supports colleagues who are operating within a range of different sectors
• Understands the markets we operate in and is able to anticipate the effect upon our business and reacts accordingly