Senior Procurement Manager
Location: Bolton
Salary: Up to £65,000 – Dependant on experience
Contract Type: 1 Year FTC, with potential for further extension
Headline Benefits: A bonus of up to 21%, Strong pension, 25 days annual leave, enhanced parental leave.
We’re working with an award-winning, world-leading, technical & scientific engineering organisation, with sites across Europe, that has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Procurement Manager / Risk Management Specialist to join a dynamic team. In this critical role, you will be responsible for driving comprehensive risk management strategies for procurement activities
The Senior Procurement Manager Role
The Major Equipment Procurement (MEP) function focuses on sourcing, contracting and supplying bespoke high-value / high-complexity sub-systems and supporting new technology acquisition needed to deliver world-leading defence capabilities for our home Nations and their Allies. To achieve this, effective risk management is critical to success. In this role, you will play a vital part in ensuring that risk management is at the heart of how we transact business with the supply chain.
Key responsibilities include:
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Implement and maintain a robust procurement risk management framework and methodology, in line with company processes
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Identify, assess, and prioritise potential risks throughout the procurement lifecycle at an enterprise, category or supplier level
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Analyse macro environment using third-party risk platforms and media to identify emerging risks which have the potential to impact the supply chain
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Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, including project procurement managers, strategic supplier relationship managers, supply chain management team and senior leadership
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Produce internal briefing and communication material on macro environment risks and how our procurement team could mitigate against them
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Support the development of risk mitigation strategies and oversee the implementation of mitigation action by the project procurement manager community
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Conduct regular risk audits, drive governance reviews internally and lead supplier mass engagement activities
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Support the supplier onboarding and risk assessment process
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Manage and maintain the procurement risk register
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Develop, drive and nurture a strong risk management culture within the MEP UK function, through delivering training and interactions which embed key principles and encouraging open communication on risk management
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Support and coach MEP Risk Champions within the function to develop their knowledge and skills in risk management
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Support the wider national and international agenda on risk management, inputting into internal activities and with customers
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Stay up to date on industry best practices in procurement risk management and embody these practices into our procurement risk management framework
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Support the implementation, adoption and training of tools and solutions related to risk management
Senior Procurement Manager experience required:
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You’ll bring experience of working in procurement roles, with a strong focus on risk management
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You have a proven track record of developing and implementing successful risk management strategies
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You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
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You will be able to inspire and develop others about risk management through your passion, commitment and integrity
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Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and experience with risk management software systems (ideally in ARM/Riskonnect)
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Ideally, you will hold, or working towards, a qualification or certification related to procurement and/or risk management (e.g. CIPS/World Commerce & Contracting/IRM)
Their order book stretches for many years, and they have healthy profits and a range of new projects in place. They’re stable with steady controlled growth, offer dynamic working, and fantastic opportunities to grow and develop your career further.
The business are firm believers in offering all staff the best possible platform to succeed, providing support for career development as well as personal assistance. They hold numerous awards on the back of this work and have a range of employee networks and internal communities that include Parents and Carers, Gender Equality, Neurodiversity, Pride, Ethnic Diversity and many more. They really care about their staff and are passionate about what they do and why they do it.
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