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Assistant Procurement Manager
June 10, 2022 | Comments Off on Assistant Procurement Manager
Assistant Category Manager
Location - Dartford/Manchester or London (Flexible WFH Options Provided)
Permanent, Full time
Are you a procurement professional with the ability to establish strong internal and external relationships? Do you have an eye for detail when it comes to governance, performance and analysing trends? Then Laing O'Rourke has the role for you.
The Assistant Category Manager will work across one of Laing O'Rourke's specialist categories (in-directs/aftercare) and be responsible for carrying procurement activity and supporting the Category Managers with after care matters. Are you the type of professional who can identify areas for improvement and initiate change? If so, please take a look at some of the duties below.
Key Capabilities and Responsibilities:
- Working closely with the aftercare function to understand their needs & the support required
- Escalating supply chain issues to the senior Procurement team at the weekly review meetings and taking appropriate action
- Liaising with relevant Category Leads on tender lists, performance issues, governance
- Procuring ad-hoc packages and assisting the category teams to procure / manage supply chain aftercare activities.
- Tender framework agreements to support the aftercare function
About you
You will work autonomously to develop expert knowledge of the market, vendors and products available for your allocated category while working collaboratively with your team and other procurement teams across Laing O'Rourke, as well as supporting our internal Engineering Excellence, Design, Work Winning, DFMA and AMEP functions to realise the maximum level of value available from each category.
About us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it.
Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
Diversity & Sustainability:
We value and care about difference at Laing O'Rourke and believe a diverse team drives innovation.
We are a global multicultural business committed to the inclusion of all employees, enabling everyone to feel accepted, respected & valued for being themselves.
We have set out far-reaching global sustainability targets including a commitment to achieve equal numbers of men and women amongst our global staff by 2033.
Additional:
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, then please get in touch.