Procurement Manager

Overview

In this Procurement Manager role, you will lead procurement for an assigned OHL portfolio within the Scottish Power and SSEN RIIO-T3 frameworks, turning portfolio strategy into actionable plans. You’ll manage a team of buyers and graduates, ensuring timely, compliant delivery aligned with project and client needs. You’ll partner with Operations, Design and Planning to align priorities, risks and routes to market, while handling high‑risk procurements and supplier relationships. This is an opportunity to shape procurement strategy for critical infrastructure and drive performance across multiple projects.

Pay / Benefits

• Smart working with up to 40% remote working
• 25 days annual leave (pro rata)
• family friendly policies (maternity/adoption and paternity/partners leave)
• Pension
• share incentive plan
• volunteering leave

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop Senior Buyers, Buyers and Graduates with clear accountability from strategy to delivery
• Translate portfolio strategy into project plans, routes to market and schedules
• Engage stakeholders early to inform decisions on lead times, capacity and commercial factors
• Oversee complex procurements, negotiations and supplier escalations
• Act as senior procurement contact for project, commercial and operational leaders
• Influence decisions through market insight and commercial awareness
• Build supplier relationships focused on capacity, capability and resilience
• Ensure compliance with procedures, governance and commercial controls
• Drive improvements by addressing recurring issues and embedding lessons learned
• Manage contractor and material package commercial management in collaboration with the Commercial team

Key requirements

• Demonstrable procurement leadership experience within construction, infrastructure, utilities or complex project environments
• Experience of leading and developing procurement professionals at multiple career stages
• Experience across multiple projects or defined portfolio with competing priorities and complex stakeholders
• Strong knowledge of strategic sourcing, tendering, supplier evaluation, negotiation and supplier performance management
• Commercial and contractual awareness with ability to identify risk and support decision-making
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and build cross-functional relationships
• Strong written and verbal communication and portfolio reporting skills
• Competence in procurement systems, reporting and governance controls

• leadership and people management
• stakeholder influence
• effective communication
• procurement systems
• tendering
• supplier evaluation

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