Our client is a leading Tier One Contractor who have a longstanding reputation for delivering high profile, high value schemes across the Commercial, Educational, Leisure, Health and Defence sectors.

Due to large scale growth, they are now looking to appoint a Supply Chain Manager to their North East region.  The key responsibilities of the role consist of:

• Implement, develop and maintain robust supply chain relationships that support both work-winning and current project delivery
• Support bid teams at work-winning in delivering the agreed strategy, fully assessing supply chain risk and opportunity, reporting on market responses, advising on scope reductions and fixed price allowances#
• Support project commercial teams in the development of the optimum supply chain required to successfully deliver the project, providing a ‘watching brief’ on procurement spend and the reporting of such spend
• Develop the business unit supply chain strategy aligned to the overall supply chain strategy
• Identify and challenge practices and procedures, both internally and within the supply chain, to remove non value adding activities

Applicants should be able to show a proven track record of working in a similar role within a large scale Construction contractor; applicants should be able to show:

• Ability to analyse, record and interpret numbers and submit recommendations based on evaluations made
• A highly developed market knowledge on major Infrastructure and building packages of work, and the main subcontractors in each market
• A sound knowledge of subcontract procurement coupled with an understanding of subcontract forms, their interpretation and ability to negotiate individual terms 
• The ability to identify areas of commercial risk and opportunity, to develop strategies to mitigate such risk and maximise opportunity

In return our client offers a competitive salary package including Car/Allowance, Pension, Healthcare and further fringe benefits, alongside progression potential.