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Sustainable Procurement Manager

May 18, 2023 | Comments Off on Sustainable Procurement Manager

Our Group Procurement team provides a high-quality service to its customers which is underpinned by our Kier Group core values. We collaborate with our internal and external stakeholders to build trust and add value. We've built a culture of continuous improvement and an environment where our employees are empowered to fulfil their potential.

The team are part way through a multi-year transformation to be a Procurement Centre of Excellence and we're now recruiting for a Sustainable Procurement Manager to champion our Sustainable Procurement agenda across the business.

Location: Flexible with hybrid travel to Rushden, Northamptonshire
Business Unit: Kier Group Services
Contract: Full-Time, permanent and able to consider part-time opportunities

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Head of Sustainable Procurement & Indirects, in this Sustainable Procurement Manager role, you will seek to enhance the value of Sustainable Procurement across the function and promote Sustainable Procurement best practice. You will drive continuous improvement by monitoring and regularly reviewing our Sustainable Procurement strategy to ensure successful delivery alongside the Building for a Sustainable World Framework. This role will also involve acting as the key ambassador for our Centralised Group Procurement Function, ensuring our key message, content and deliverables are communicated to our supply chain partners and key stakeholders via our Group Marcomms Team. You will seek to enhance the value across the Procurement lifecycle, upskilling our Group Procurement Team to identify the risks and opportunities and ensure Group Procurement processes and policies are adopted by the team.

What are we looking for?

An adaptable, proactive and forward-thinking individual with a passion for Sustainability. We're looking for previous experience within carbon, waste or nature and proven ability of managing strategic stakeholder and supplier relationships and understanding of Procurement processes related to Category Management and Buying. You'll understand the supply chain risks and opportunities, primarily focused around the Environmental and Social impacts and be an advocate for positive change with the ability to influence others and add value to our Group Sustainable Procurement strategy. Familiarity with materials and trades used across the industries is desirable.

Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

  • new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
  • 26 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays
  • A 24/7 virtual GP service available to you and your immediate household

    And so much more! You can read the full details of all our benefits on our website.

    Who is Kier?

    We are a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group.

    Our purpose is to sustainably deliver infrastructure which is vital to the UK, and we are committed to leaving lasting legacies through our work.

    We comprise of the following business streams Construction (including Kier Places), Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, with supporting Group functions. We provide specialist design and build capabilities and the knowledge, skills and intellectual capital of our people to ensure we are able to project manage and integrate all aspects of a project. We work to our company values of collaborative, trusted and focused.

    You can find out more about Kier on our website or by viewing our fast facts.

    Diversity and inclusion

    Making 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 (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

    Closing date: Friday 16 June 2023

    Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.

    We appreciate applicants from all backgrounds, and we specifically encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. Take a look here to learn more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please let us know so we can discuss and arrange these by emailing InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk.

    Recruitment Agencies - opportunities at Kier are managed by our internal recruitment team. We are unable to accept unsolicited CVs and communications from external recruiters. If there is a specific business need a member of the recruitment team will engage with agencies who have signed up to our PSL to ensure all CV's are uploaded onto our portal to be considered. For further information, visit our Careers Help page.
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