Contracts and Procurement Manager

Stopford are recruiting for a Contracts and Procurement Manager, to join the Commercial team. Reporting into the Commercial Director, the role will lead and manage our procurement and contract activities across our three service delivery groups, Projects, Consultancy and Technology and Innovation.

Stopford’s business activities are at the forefront of the energy transition and together with our clients and partners, we are playing our part in tackling the biggest challenges of our time: Energy Security; Environmental Sustainability and Energy Affordability.

Our project portfolio provides the opportunity for engagement on multiple projects from tender preparation and negotiation right through to delivery and completion. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, working closely with the project delivery teams and client representatives.

The role is varied and spans both project and corporate procurement across the business.

You will be based at our Knutsford office, with the opportunity for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in office presence. There may be occasional travel required to site and client offices. This is a full-time permanent position.

About you

The role is likely to suit a professionally qualified MCIPS individual with strong contract and procurement experience in drafting engineering forms of contract, with a track record of positive outcomes in a similar role, environment, or industry.

Key attributes

Desire to understand and promote the Company purpose, vision, values and culture. Organised structured and professional, with a passion for excellence striving to deliver the best.

Key Responsibilities of the Contracts and Procurement Manager will include:

• Day to day you will work closely with the Commercial Director to develop and deliver our Commercial function. The team is centralised, strategic and facilitates best practice procurement and contract management throughout the business.
• Define robust procurement strategies aligned to the bid/project scope requirements.
• Negotiate and draft subcontract agreements, ensuring that back-to-back requirements are flowed down.
• Ensure procurement early involvement for bids and tendering activity through effective stakeholder management.
• Participate in project kick off meetings to ensure procurement requirements are built in as soon as possible.
• Ensure that all Project procurement standards and procedures are adhered to in line with Stopford policies.

Role requirements for our Contracts and Procurement Manager:

You will be able to demonstrate:-

• Ideally, membership of The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS).
• Proven strategic procurement experience.
• Experience working with multi-disciplinary engineering teams in a bid and project management environment.
• Experience of drafting Engineering Forms of Contract (NEC, ICHEME etc)
• Excellent communication skills as well as a collaboration mind set.
• A degree within a relevant sector: Engineering, quantity surveying, business and or finance.
• Managing strict deadlines, prioritising and planning workload.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Eligible to live and work in the UK.
• Full UK/EEC driving licence.

Benefits

Employment at Stopford brings many benefits including:

• Competitive salary
• Profit related bonus payment (10%)
• Pension (5% employer and 5% employee)
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Additional day off to celebrate your Birthday
• Private medical insurance
• Employee assistance programme
• Free on-site parking
• Reimbursement of professional membership fees
• Long service awards

Please note that we do not accept applications from agencies, and you must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Please go to our website for a full job description to familarise yourself with all of the responsibiltieis, skills and experience required before you apply.

We look forward to receiving your CV for the post of Contracts and Procurement Manager.

Closing date: 3rd November 2024

Stopford reserves the right to bring forward the closing date if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we would recommend that you apply as soon as possible.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unfortunately not able to respond to each applicant. If you have not been called for interview within 3 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.