Costain Group PLC

Head of Procurement and Supply Chain – Sustainable Procurement, Strategic Relationship Management

Costain Group PLC

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United Kingdom

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Lead

About the role

  • Develop the Sustainable Procurement Strategy and a SRM Strategy including a supplier engagement approach, procurement capability building, target setting, and data enhancement strategy
  • Manage the broad set of stakeholders, influencing and driving the sustainability and SRM agenda
  • Proactively maintain and develop subject matter expertise of the evolving regulation and legislation
  • Support the category and sourcing teams in identifying relevant targets and plans appropriate to their supplier base
  • Work closely with relevant suppliers and the relevant category teams to build engagement programs centred around agreed priorities and targets for both Sustainable Procurement and SRM and B2B Relationships
  • Create a procurement capability and enablement framework to build and deliver training solutions and content and best practice sharing internally and externally in order to increase skills and knowledge
  • Embed sustainability requirements into the category management strategy development process Ensure each category strategy addresses relevant suppliers and agreed elements of roadmap and includes approach to gathering relevant data
  • Define targets, measures, and tracking including relevant 3rd party tools, services, and data sources
  • Identify data and reporting requirements and ensure these are built in the technology and data roadmap for Procurement
  • Work in collaboration with wider Procurement team to ensure processes and tools allow for inclusion of supplier data inputs and enable greater transparency and quality.
  • Collaborate with the Corporate ESG team and other relevant SMEs (Subject Matter Expert) and significantly contribute to setting the targets, roadmap, and driving accountability to deliver

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field
  • Member Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply qualified or a similar Professional certification in procurement (e.g. CPSM)
  • Significant experience in an ESG role (Sustainability in Procurement and Supply Chain)
  • Significant experience in an SRM role (Supplier Relationship Management)
  • Previous experience in the construction sector
  • A clear leader with excellent communication skills able to interact at all levels.
  • Proven leadership and team management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate a diverse team
  • Experience in managing complex projects and driving change initiatives
  • Experience in ESG & Risk frameworks, assessments & reporting
  • Subject matter expert in Supply Chain Net Zero/Sustainability
  • Thorough and current knowledge of sustainability practices, and SRM and applicable laws and regulations
  • Experience with promoting the ESG/Sustainability agenda and driving cultural change
  • Experience in planning, organising and managing multiple projects
  • Strong Change Management experience to deliver programmes requiring Executive Sponsorship
  • Adaptable at working collaboratively in both team environments and remotely
  • Strong numerical, financial and data analysis skills
  • Excellent Microsoft Office suite proficiency (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams)
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and oral
Benefits
  • A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.
  • Not specified due to the high volume of responses for feedback.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
Sustainable Procurement StrategySupplier Relationship Management (SRM)ESG frameworksData analysisProject managementChange managementSustainability practicesRisk assessmentsProcurement capability buildingTarget setting
Soft skills
LeadershipCommunicationTeam managementCollaborationAdaptabilityInfluencingOrganizational skillsMotivationPresentation skillsInterpersonal skills
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Business AdministrationBachelor’s degree in Supply Chain ManagementChartered Institute of Procurement & Supply membershipCPSM certification