Procurement and Supply Chain Manager

Overview

In this role you lead project procurement and post-contract supply chain management for your sector, aligning delivery with group goals. You work with project leads and the P&SC leadership to deploy sector strategies and ensure value for money across projects. You drive governance, risk management, and ESG/social impact initiatives while fostering collaboration across internal and client teams. This is a strategic, cross-functional role with a clear impact on project outcomes and sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement and supply chain activities across the sector, guiding pre- and post-contract tasks
• Collaborate with pre-construction estimating and post-award commercial teams under One Team, One Costain
• Use procurement processes to enable ECI decisions and governance gates
• Deliver category strategies and ensure on-time, accurate forecasting and milestones
• Maintain robust supply chains compliant with How-to-Buy and sector/group segmentation models
• Advance ESG objectives including local SME engagement and Net Zero initiatives
• Foster collaboration with internal and client supply chain teams to unlock value via innovation
• Lead negotiations, subcontract scoping, and performance management with corrective actions when needed

Key requirements

• Significant experience in a similar level role
• Enthusiasm for driving procurement best practice
• Strong emotional intelligence for stakeholder engagement
• Extensive knowledge of supply chain management and procurement
• Experience with collaborative working and innovation in procurement
• Operational procurement skills relevant to construction
• Strong analytical, numerical, and data analysis abilities
• Experience developing ESG and SV policies with the supply base
• Familiarity with NEC forms of contract
• Excellent MS Office proficiency
• Commercial mindset with ability to unlock value through procurement
• Ability to communicate strategic vision and governance effectively
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills

• stakeholder management
• collaboration
• proactive and solution-focused
• Procurement and supply chain management
• ESG and sustainable procurement
• NEC contracts (NEC3/NEC4)

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