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Procurement Manager – Fire Engineering
August 25, 2023 | Comments Off on Procurement Manager – Fire Engineering
Join Laing O'Rourke as a Procurement Manager (Fire Engineering) and you'll experience the many different qualities that make us unique.
Do you have the Leadership style to lead a team? As a Procurement Manager you will be a specialist in Fire Engineering which is a critical aspect of all our projects. You will be a team player who can work closely with and support other functional teams at all stages of the project life cycle to ensure the level of value delivered by the procurement team.
Your capabilities will allow you to engage with the supply chain on a vertical basis to deliver an enhanced level of value to each project/business unit and a tangible contribution to the Laing O'Rourke business. Working across a variety of projects whilst managing the expectations of its clients and stakeholders.
You can look forward to all that - and more - as Procurement Manager in a company that will value you for who you are as well as what you do, offering you all the training, development, opportunity and support you need to make the most of your career.
Key Deliverables & Accountabilities:
- Implement procurement plans as directed by the pillar procurement leader / senior procurement lead
- Member of both the project or business unit team, responsible for the delivery of Business Procurement objectives and requirements.
- Provision and implementation of Project Procurement/Supply Chain/ Category specific / strategic trades.
- To provide market intelligence / cost advice / supply chain performance management and feedback to Central Procurement and Work Winning.
- To support a team[s] of Procurement professionals, including training & development; staff appraisals; retention & reward; and recruitment to provide an effective Procurement service for the Business.
- To be responsible and accountable for the Procurement process of subcontractors, materials, plant and services, in accordance with the Project Procurement Strategy and LOR Values.
- To champion in-house opportunities through DfMA and self delivery.
- To provide an ethical and consistent approach to the procurement of goods and services and ensuring compliance with the LOR corporate governance and Procurement best practice throughout the process to meet current legislation.
- To be accountable for the provision of management information and reports in accordance with business requirements.
- To champion innovation and to put forward new and/or alternative methods, materials, products and systems that will increase competitive advantage and cost-effectivepractices solutions.
- To support and input as necessary regarding procurement activities reporting into project/Business Plan Review (BPR) and general meetings, as required.
Skills and Experience:
- To maintain the highest levels of professional and ethical working practices and behaviour and to enforce corporate governance
- Self-motivated and able to manage, progress and delegate tasks in an efficient manner
- Takes a professional, structured and organised approach to the management of resources and the execution of every task
- Experience working within the construction industry and demonstrated knowledge of the interfaces and relationships that exist
- Fire Element knowledge
- Proven experience of providing support to work winning
- Delivering procurement strategies
- Can demonstrate product/sector knowledge
- Has delivered demonstrable added value through their procurement activity
Technical Capabilities:
- Legal & contracting
- Supply base management
- Risk & opportunity management
- Project Procurement Strategy
- Procurement Practice
About us:
Laing O'Rourke 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.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.
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