Procurement Manager

Salary £60k - £70k, salary dependant on skills and experience

Permanent

Full time / 37 Hours a week

Home working & Peterborough Office

Anglian Water offers a flexible approach, this role provides you the flexibility to work from home and from an Anglian Water office. Your base location will be Thorpe Wood House an Anglian Water site.

Join our team and make a difference!

As our Procurement Manager (Operational Services) you'll be working closely with the Commercial Procurement Leadership Team and across the wider business in the development and delivery of Supply Chain and Procurement Strategy. We have ambitious plans for significant investments in our region. Your role will be to ensure our sourcing and category management delivers effective supplier performance across £200m of critical operational services.

You'll identify opportunities for reducing risk and adding value throughout Anglian Water, developing and using market intelligence to improve our operational performance. You'll lead a team in developing and implementing procurement strategies, negotiating contractual terms and cost controls, and ensuring our business customers get what they need.

You'll need to work within Anglian Water's own processes and controls as well as Utilities Procurement regulations, ensuring compliance and driving good practice in sourcing and contract management. A key part of this role is to ensure Framework Management processes are implemented and effective so that value from sourcing is delivered into the P&L.

You'll lead a team of Procurement Professionals, coaching and directing them to develop category plans and effective sourcing strategies.

As a valued employee, you'll be entitled to:

• Full private healthcare with no excess

• 26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion

• A flexible working culture

• Competitive pension scheme - we double-match your contributions up to 6%

• Life Assurance at eight times your salary

• Personal Accident cover - up to 5x your salary

• Bonus Scheme

• Lots of great discounts

• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

• Paid time off when you're physically and mentally unwell

• An excellent Family Leave package - to help you support your family

What does it take to be a Procurement Manager (Operational Services)?

Our successful Procurement Manager will ideally be educated to degree level and either hold or be working towards their CIPS professional standard and membership. You'll also:

• Have strong commercial acumen

• Have solid influencing and negotiating skills

• Hold proven leadership skills with the ability to manage and coach

• Be able to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders

• Have previous bid assessment experience

• Be well aware of European Procurement and other relevant legislation

• Have a strong level of mathematical reasoning

• Have good organisation skills

• Have strong IT skills

• Have excellent communication skills

Opportunities are open to all suitably qualified candidates.

Why Anglian Water?

As the largest water and wastewater company in England and Wales by geographical area, we face many challenges to keep the water flowing! As the water sector continues to face major financial, regulatory and environmental challenges over the coming years, Anglian Water and its Partners have continued to set the pace with innovative ideas and solutions to ensure that we deliver an outstanding service to our customers.

As a result, we are looking for a self-motivated and self-assured Procurement Professional with a sharp mind and who thrives in a fast-paced environment.

Closing date: 3rd March 2024

Interviews: Week Commencing 11th March 2024

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