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Procurement ManagerHS2 (High Speed Two) • London, England, United Kingdom
Procurement Manager

Procurement Manager

HS2 (High Speed Two) • London, England, United Kingdom
5 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description
Job Description

Location - either Birmingham or London

Multiple roles available

Base salary: £41,092pa - c.£48,344pa (Birmingham) or £44,380pa - c.£52,212pa (London) depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 15% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

As Procurement Manager you will be accountable for the delivery of procurement activities, working within a small team to manage and deliver procurements with values ranging from £10 million to £1 billion. The Procurement Manager will work closely with colleagues across the business to develop and deliver procurement strategies and activities, often balancing competing priorities and requirements. The role requires strong stakeholder management and influencing skills to achieve successful outcomes.

About the role:

  • Responsible for delivery elements of the operational procurement for the relevant package(s) and providing support for the delivery of the overall procurement, ensuring that these are aligned with other similar packages.

  • Supporting the achievement of governance approval and assurance of all procurement deliverables as defined within the HS2 Procurement Handbook. Following approval of the relevant Category Plan, this includes responsibility for developing key components of the necessary Prequalification and ITT documentation to agreed timelines and ensuring that these achieve relevant approvals and assurance to permit release of this documentation.

  • Supporting the management the procurement evaluation processes for the relevant package, including independently managing the day-to-day evaluation undertaken by a wide array of colleagues, and ensuring that these achieve relevant approvals and assurance to allow appropriate short-listing and contract award.

  • Ensure HS2's procurement activities are undertaken in compliance with EU and UK legislation whilst driving a process that will become a benchmark for future projects around the world.

  • Provide support to colleagues within the team and in other areas in the use of eSourcing.

  • Ensure procurement reporting and management information is provided accurately and on a timely basis to synch with HS2 business reporting rhythm and cycles.

  • Maintain systems data, ensuring appropriate storage, distribution and compliance.

  • Advise HS2 Ltd colleagues on the appropriate procurement approach.

  • Present to boards and committees, as required, in order to respond to challenge and scrutiny.

  • Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all work activities, supporting and complying with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

About you:

Skills:

  • Analytical and commercial skills.

  • Skilled in compiling tender and commercial documents.

  • Ability to deploy a range of negotiation tactics and strategies to secure optimal outcomes.

  • Demonstrates stakeholder focus, giving priority to engage with and understand requirements, facilitating others' understanding, to ensure these can be discussed and met as closely as possible.

  • Ability to develop meaningful metrics for procurement selection purposes, incentivisation and contract performance measurements.

  • Ability to act as a mentor to others to help and support effective performance and development.

  • Ability to tailor communication to appeal to, include and engage with different audiences using pertinent argument and influencing techniques.

  • Ability to generate a range of ideas or solutions to address problems or make improvements, taking into account pragmatic solutions.

Type of experience:

  • Experience in a matrix environment, with high influencing and communication skills - able to persuade on the basis of objective argument founded in fact and analysis.

  • Experience of utilising different procurement routes, including use of OJEU processes and frameworks.

  • Experience of procuring large value complex heavy civils / construction or similar works/services in compliance with the Utilities Contracts Regulations with a thorough knowledge of applicable EU and UK procurement legislation and contracts using the NEC suite of contract forms.

  • Experience of sponsor / Stakeholder relationship and management experience, together with highly developed communication and influencing skills.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect. It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept. Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Watch this video on how we remove bias in the recruitment process: Removing bias in the recruitment process - YouTube

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

About Us

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK's new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain's major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others' health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our 'Safe at Heart' programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.
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