Procurement Manager

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We're looking for a Procurement Manager to join our joint venture with BAM Nuttall based at Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth.

Devon, Plymouth - remote working available, with occasional travel to the office required.

Full time, Permanent – some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

• Developing and owning preferred suppliers and strategic partnerships to deliver best value for all parties.
• Supporting audit requirements from both internal and external Kier audits whilst carrying out supply chain audits on a regular basis.
• Ensuring suppliers and/or subcontractors have the relevant health and safety accreditation and sustainability and carbon reduction policies that align to Kier's standards.
• Managing budget costs and negotiating with all parties to ensure value for money.

As a Procurement Manager, you'll be working with the head of supply chain to drive and ensure the strategic plan for the business unit is driven at framework level, ensuring procurement policies of both Kier Group and the joint venture are adhered to.

• Educated to at least HNC/HND level in a construction discipline and professional membership with the construction industry.
• Senior level experience in supply chain procurement in a similar role within a complex project with experience of cost and time savings.
• Proven self‑management, communication, and IT skills, with the ability to build good working relationships with client representatives, supply chain, and others.

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. Our employees help shape our diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role and the nature of the work at this site, you will be required to complete a Government Security Check (SC) Clearance, which takes place during your employment and is conducted by the Cabinet Office's United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) agency. (Applicants with convictions will be treated on a case‑by‑case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us – to read more about our programme to support people with convictions into employment, visit ).

This role will also be subject to further pre‑employment checks.

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