Project Procurement Manager

Role overview

Workplace

• Hybrid role, splitting time between home and the Hebburn office.

Responsibilities

• Own and develop strategic commodity procurement strategies and category plans.
• Build stakeholder and strategic supplier relationships; lead supplier reviews and performance management.
• Manage sourcing from RFQ through contract award, supporting tendering and project teams with commercial proposals.
• Negotiate pricing, contracts, rebates and commercial terms; deliver cost savings and value.
• Identify supply chain risks, mitigate them and maintain business continuity plans.
• Support sustainability, digitisation, cost reduction and operational excellence objectives.
• Analyse market trends and provide commercial insights to stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Improve procurement processes and support adoption of digital tools and SAP functionality.
• Prepare procurement plans, bid evaluations and supplier recommendations.
• Ensure supplier compliance with sustainability requirements and work with engineering, HSE, quality and project teams.

Requirements

• Significant strategic procurement, category management or supply chain experience with a record of strategic sourcing and commercial value delivery.
• Strong supplier and stakeholder management, communication and negotiation skills.
• Experience managing high-value procurement, supplier contracts and commercial terms.
• Strong analytical, risk management, organisation and prioritisation abilities; able to work independently and improve processes.
• Sound understanding of procurement processes, supply chain best practices and risk management.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and technical documentation.

Desirable experience and qualifications

• Electrical, utilities, energy, infrastructure, manufacturing or engineering sector experience is desirable.
• Knowledge of transmission and distribution products and services, installation, commissioning, engineering projects, contract management or civil works procurement is desirable.
• CIPS qualification or willingness to work towards CIPS/MCIPS is desirable.
• Power BI, digitalisation or procurement systems experience is desirable.

Benefits

• Annual performance-based bonus.
• Flexible working hours.
• Pension with employer contributions up to 10%.
• 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with an option to buy or sell up to five additional days.