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Procurement Lead
| Posting date: | 13 June 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 June 2025 |
| Location: | BN1 9PY |
| Company: | Kier Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7351 |
Summary
We're looking for a Procurement Lead to join our Natural Resources team, within a commutable distance to Falmer. In this role you'll be procurement lead of our new 7 year, c£1bn framework with Southern Water.
Location: Hybrid working from home and the Falmer office, East Sussex on a weekly basis
Contract: Permanent, Full Time - flexible and part time hours may be available if desired, just let us know
Responsibilities
As a Procurement Lead you'll be working within the team, supporting them with the sourcing, negotiation and governance of goods and subcontract procurement.
Your day to day will include:
-Being responsible for ensuring procurement policies of both Kier Group, and Framework are adhered to.
-Leading market strategy development for medium to high-spend and provide expert advice and introduce initiatives to overcome industry challenges for AMP 8 and beyond.
-Developing Framework procurement strategy and models analysing buy versus build and direct employment versus subcontracting delivery.
-Working with Sustainability, Carbon and Environmental Leads reductions to ensure alignment of Kier strategies throughout supply chain, and with Head of Supply chain to drive strategic plan for BU is driven at framework level.
-Setting up Framework agreements with Suppliers and Subcontractors as part of our strategic partnership to deliver best value for all parties.
What are we looking for?This role of Procurement Lead is great for you if:
-You're a senior specialist with proven experience in a similar role within the infrastructure/utilities sector including civil engineering and MEICA requirements.
-Hold a degree relating to the industry and a chartered status or appropriate professional qualification.
-Knowledge of SAP SRM and Jaggaer systems.
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities. You can see more information about our water business here.
There's never been a better time to get involved, register your interest today and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us!
Rewards and benefitsWe'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.
Diversity and inclusionMaking Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by 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.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier #LI-CH1
Location: Hybrid working from home and the Falmer office, East Sussex on a weekly basis
Contract: Permanent, Full Time - flexible and part time hours may be available if desired, just let us know
Responsibilities
As a Procurement Lead you'll be working within the team, supporting them with the sourcing, negotiation and governance of goods and subcontract procurement.
Your day to day will include:
-Being responsible for ensuring procurement policies of both Kier Group, and Framework are adhered to.
-Leading market strategy development for medium to high-spend and provide expert advice and introduce initiatives to overcome industry challenges for AMP 8 and beyond.
-Developing Framework procurement strategy and models analysing buy versus build and direct employment versus subcontracting delivery.
-Working with Sustainability, Carbon and Environmental Leads reductions to ensure alignment of Kier strategies throughout supply chain, and with Head of Supply chain to drive strategic plan for BU is driven at framework level.
-Setting up Framework agreements with Suppliers and Subcontractors as part of our strategic partnership to deliver best value for all parties.
What are we looking for?This role of Procurement Lead is great for you if:
-You're a senior specialist with proven experience in a similar role within the infrastructure/utilities sector including civil engineering and MEICA requirements.
-Hold a degree relating to the industry and a chartered status or appropriate professional qualification.
-Knowledge of SAP SRM and Jaggaer systems.
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities. You can see more information about our water business here.
There's never been a better time to get involved, register your interest today and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us!
Rewards and benefitsWe'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.
Diversity and inclusionMaking Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by 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.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier #LI-CH1
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