Senior Procurement and Supply Chain Manager- Sector

Overview

As Senior Procurement and Supply Chain Manager at Costain, you will shape strategic procurement and supply chain approaches for major programmes. You will collaborate with senior stakeholders, sector heads, and clients to align with group P&SC strategies while driving ESG, innovation, and value delivery. You will lead governance, category management support, and supplier relationships to ensure performance and risk management. This role offers the chance to impact large-scale infrastructure projects and advance sustainable procurement.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategic procurement and supply chain approaches for major programmes and implement robust strategies
• Deliver responsible procurement across projects while aligning with group targets
• Establish robust supply chains to support work-winning and project delivery
• Support category management to leverage spend and performance
• Drive ESG efforts including SME development, social value, zero-carbon solutions, and safety with sustainability lead
• Foster collaboration with the supply chain to unlock value via innovation following ISO44001 principles
• Maintain governance and manage risks; track performance of the supply chain
• Coordinate with Central Procurement to ensure cross-function compatibility
• Build and maintain relationships with key suppliers, including contract negotiations and compliance

Key requirements

• Minimum 5 years in a similar senior role
• Minimum 3 years in the sector
• Demonstrated enthusiasm for driving best-practice improvements
• Emotional intelligence to engage diverse stakeholders
• Extensive knowledge of supply chain management and procurement strategies
• Experience with collaborative working and driving innovation
• Adaptable and accountable for change initiatives
• Strong negotiation and contract management skills
• Commitment to sustainable procurement practices and knowledge of key principles
• Strong communication of vision and strategic direction
• Highly commercial with ability to unlock value through procurement
• Strong numeric, financial and data analysis skills
• Excellent MS Office proficiency (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams)
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field
• Member of CIPS or CPSM or similar professional certification in procurement

• emotional intelligence
• stakeholder engagement
• collaboration
• supply chain management
• procurement strategy development
• negotiation

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