Construction Procurement and Supply Chain Manager
The opportunity
As a Procurement and Supply Chain Manager at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.
This position will initially be an 18 month fixed term contract.
In this role you will:
- Be the lead contact for the client’s procurement team and act as a strategic partner in all areas of procurement
- Conduct prequalification and shortlisting of suppliers
- Lead negotiations on pricing agreements with external partners
- Manage contract development, finalisation, and administration with rigorous attention to detail
- Partner with the client to establish and agree the guidelines associated with the pre order of materials and service packages
- Manage the onboarding of on-site supplier teams and foster a positive supplier relationship through expert liaison with site and vendor teams
- Lead key meetings to monitor progress through compelling reports and dashboards
- Develop, implement, and manage supply chain strategies on a global scale
- Use your expert knowledge to identify and drive innovation in the procurement and supply chain process
- Support junior members of the team, providing training and playing an active role in their development
We would love to hear from you if you:
- Are an experienced Procurement and Supply Chain Manager in the Data Centre sector with increasing levels of leadership
- Have a degree or comparable experience in a procurement or supply chain management related discipline
- Are an excellent communicator verbally and in writing
- Are enthusiastic about being part of a global team, and able to flex your hours to engage across regions and time zones
- Love a dynamic environment with the opportunity to manage your own priorities and deadlines
- Thrive on building strong relationships with your team and clients through a shared purpose and sense of openness and fun
About us
Since 1974, we’ve been providing a construction consultancy service that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. It takes a special kind of togetherness to create our thriving, authentic culture. We overcome challenges together, delivering better projects and leveraging innovation. We see the potential in our people and we empower them. We’re a business on a journey – an agile business that is proud
to be different.
We are Linesight. Dynamic. Driven. Different.
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Our approach to DE&I
At Linesight, we believe that our success is tied to the success of our employees, and we are committed to creating a workplace that is fair, equitable, and inclusive for everyone. We understand that creating an environment where all employees have an equal opportunity to thrive requires a concerted effort across every stage of their time with us, from hiring and onboarding to promotion, career growth, and development.
As part of this commitment, we have implemented a range of policies and initiatives to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). This starts with our attraction pipeline and accessible job descriptions, designed to attract a broad range of candidates, and continuing throughout the employee life cycle with DE&I checks built in at every stage. Fairness, consistency, and transparency are the core principles for all our hiring, salary increase, and promotion decisions with built-in gender pay gap checks. Employee and family-friendly policies also enhance inclusion and equity in our teams.
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