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General information

Posting ID
NR001
Type of employment
Permanent
Organisation
Network Rail
Salary Banding MIN
£ 55596
Location
London
Salary Banding MAX
£ 67813
Workplace Type
Hybrid

Description & Requirements

Senior Procurement Manager

Employer: Network Rail

Location: Puddle Dock, Blackfriars, London Or Basingstoke

Salary: £55,596 - £67,813 per year

About Network Rail

At Network Rail, our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We're an organisation where people matter. Watch our video to find out more!

Our colleagues are encouraged to work flexibly as we know that busy lives don't always fit around a traditional working pattern, if you need flexibility to complete your role just let us know and we will do our upmost to help you to invest in your career with us while balancing other aspects of your life.

We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.

We want to help deliver a railway which is safe, reliable, affordable and that provides great customer service to everyone. 

Brief Description

To develop, implement and maintain contracting and commercial arrangements covering a specific portfolio and medium value contracts maintaining optimum value for money.

The Role

  • Develop, and continually enhance, project specific procurement strategies that compliment the National Programme Strategy and maintain security of supply and value for money and HSQE performance for a range of contracts. 
  • Perform the full range of procurement and contracting activities including pre-qualification, tender management, negotiation and preparation of contracts.
  • Provide procurement advice on an asset wide basis relating to specific portfolio issues.
  • Support pre-contract procurement of main contractors and where appropriate actively influence the procurement of sub-contracting activity by the main contractors.
  • Exercise compliance with Network Rail policies, procedures and governance and legal (including EU Directives) and regulatory requirements.
  • Manage a range of preferred suppliers developing positive supplier relationships aligned to business objectives.
  • Identify cost reduction and efficiency opportunities and contribute to the achievement of efficiency targets for a specific portfolio.   
  • Manage the process for the measuring of supplier performance so that effective feedback takes place to facilitate continuous improvement.  
  • Exercise delegated authority to procure in accordance with established policies and governance.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Sound commercial aptitude and sound knowledge of relevant Supplier Market.
  • Varied and successful procurement and contracts background with experience of negotiation and developing and implementing procurement and contract strategies.
  • Ability to communicate strategies and concepts simply and effectively and to persuade and influence stakeholders.
  • Knowledge of EU Procurement Directives.
  • Awareness of contract requirements safety and contract requirements environment.

Desirable: 

  • Knowledge of e-procurement.
  • Membership of relevant professional institute.
  • Knowledge of the rail industry.
  • Educated to degree level.

 

Network Rail Benefits 

Please note proof of all essential qualifications will be required.

Please get your application in as soon as possible, we may close the advert before the listed closing date if we receive enough applications. Late applications will not be accepted.

Please note the recruitment process for this role is a competency-based interview.

We're dedicated to creating an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from everyone!

Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader, and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles. You can visit Evenbreak's Career Hive for advice on accessibility support if you're unsure of the options available. Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please add a note to your application.

All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. 

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