Reporting to the Head of Procurement & Sustainability, your focus will be on delivering competitive advantage through our supply chain relationships, strategies, and processes. You’ll assist in specific development work, identifying and implementing improved practice and procedure, training of purchasing staff, roll out of additional COINS modules, as well as R&D, and develop and implement an effective periodic audit of the procurement function. You will manage specific supply chain sectors and deliver competitive advantage, through cost, social value, and sustainability, and work alongside the Divisional Technical Team on meeting the challenges of upcoming changes to the Building Regulations.
So, if you hold a CIPS qualification (or have the equivalent industry experience) and have an in-depth knowledge and experience of the UK housebuilding industry and supply chain, then we want to hear from you! We’re also keen to hear from you if you have a strong grasp of technical requirements, great negotiation skills and the ability to influence procurement across a national business!
You will need to be able to demonstrate good organisation skills as well as excellent verbal and written communication abilities – these are essential for this role. Being able to effectively engage both stakeholders and supply chain is an absolute must. It would also be really helpful if you’ve had some exposure to COINS and have some knowledge and understanding of sub-contract/material orders and the management of the buying process