Procurement Project Manager

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Define, implement and execute procurement acquisition plans and strategies to meet time, quality, cost, risk and opportunity targets.
• Connect internal customers with transnational procurement and procurement segments or categories.
• Validate market availability of offers for product and project designs.
• Optimise procured-part costs with category managers, subcontract managers and tactical buyers.
• Monitor procurement plan execution with operational teams and maintain the procurement dashboard.
• Define and monitor contractual requirements in the procurement acquisition plan.

Candidate profile

• Demonstrable procurement lifecycle, strategy and supplier management understanding across bid, project, development and production phases.
• Experience in complex multinational, multi-site environments and across different cultures; comparable industry experience is desirable.
• Technical awareness of end-to-end procurement, including project management, risk mitigation and opportunity assessment.
• Strong communication, influencing and negotiation skills and relationship-building experience.
• Able to work autonomously in a matrix organisation and manage deliverables without regular supervision.
• MCIPS, IACCM or EIPM qualifications are desirable.

Security clearance

• The successful applicant must undergo, achieve and maintain Security Clearance (SC) before starting; already holding clearance is advantageous.
• Full SC generally requires five years’ UK residence in the last five years; in some cases three years may be accepted with additional overseas checks.

Workplace

• The role is identified as hybrid in Glasgow.

Benefits

• Package includes a performance-related bonus, Friday half days, annual leave with an option to buy additional hours, paid volunteering, pension, life cover and employee assistance.
• Other listed benefits include private healthcare subject to grade, retail discounts, gym discounts and access to a mental wellbeing app.