Anglian Water Group Ltd.
Location
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | United Kingdom
Job description
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%
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.
Interviews: Week Commencing 11th March 2024
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We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential.
We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment.
To apply, you’ll need your up-to-date CV, we also recommend uploading a cover letter – tell us what has made you apply and what skills you can bring to the position. We will be in touch after your application has been reviewed, following the closing date.
If you are offered a job with us, you’ll be subject to the relevant employment checks for your role, which could include references, driving licence check, DBS Check as well as your right to work in the UK.
Become a part of Anglian Water’s future and join us on our journey as we live through our values to build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring, to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region.
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