Senior Procurement Manager

Overview

In this role you will steer procurement across Power T&D Scotland projects, translating business goals into effective procurement and supply chain plans. You’ll lead a procurement portfolio, shaping routes to market and negotiating high-value contracts to secure delivery certainty and value. You’ll develop supplier capability, manage governance, and influence senior stakeholders to support work winning and sustainable growth. You join a leadership team focused on market intelligence, risk management, and long-term resilience, with a clear impact on major infrastructure programs. This is an opportunity to shape procurement strategy in a high-impact, energy-infrastructure environment.

Pay / Benefits

• Smart working with flexible hours and up to 40% remote work
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family-friendly policies including extended maternity/adoption leave and paternity/partner leave
• Pension and share incentive plan
• Volunteering leave and recognition schemes

Responsibilities

• Own and communicate procurement strategy for the portfolio and translate programme demand into delivery plans
• Shape routes to market, packaging, supplier engagement and market opportunities using forward visibility
• Lead critical negotiations and high-value procurement activities with clear options for senior intervention
• Track procurement value across cost, risk reduction, resilience, and social value
• Assess supply chain capacity and develop mitigation plans to meet current and future demand
• Drive supplier development and capacity creation, including innovative delivery models
• Influence category strategies and sourcing models across Power T&D Scotland and the wider business
• Lead, coach and develop procurement teams and ensure clear accountability from strategy to delivery
• Provide strategic procurement advice to Operations, Commercial, Preconstruction and Project teams
• Ensure governance, delegated authorities, and commercial assurance with evidence-based decisions
• Maintain audit readiness and standardised procurement practices

Key requirements

• Significant procurement leadership experience in infrastructure, utilities, energy, construction or major projects
• Experience leading procurement across multiple projects or portfolios and guiding procurement teams
• Strong strategic sourcing, subcontract procurement, supplier management and commercial negotiation
• Experience supporting work winning, preconstruction, mobilisation and project delivery
• Ability to influence senior and executive stakeholders in governance-led environments
• Strong commercial judgement, analytical capability and risk management
• Experience assessing market capacity and translating insights into supply chain solutions
• Clear written and verbal communication and concise recommendations to senior decision-makers

• Influence and stakeholder management
• Strategic thinking and problem solving
• Collaborative leadership and coaching
• Strategic sourcing
• Subcontract procurement
• Supplier management

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