Procurement Manager - Highways (East)

Job description

Description and requirements

Skanska, one of the world's leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

We are looking for a Procurement Manager to join our infrastructure highways team for our Regional Delivery Framework in the East, delivering major projects on behalf of National Highways, including A428 and East Anglia schemes.

You'll:

• Implementation of project procurement strategy.
• Management of full tender process to achieve best value procurement solution.
• Undertaking procurement activity in accordance with both "Skanska operational procurement - The way of working" and our contractual requirements.
• Utilisation of qualitative procurement methods.
• Support and maintain collaborative relationships with strategic suppliers and contractors.

We're looking for:

• Management of project stakeholders to maintain and seek to improve upon procurement and construction programmes.
• To support the implementation of ERP on the scheme.
• Utilisation of digital procurement tools
• Experience of procurement and supply chain management
• Product knowledge of materials and plant and subcontracts
• Construction / Site based experience
• Working knowledge of Main Contract T&Cs including NEC
• Confidence to negotiate competitively and effectively.
• Competent in the use of 0365 software
• Awareness of digital procurement tools
• MCIPS or working toward

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic - we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using [email protected] if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: [email protected]

Closing date

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.