Senior Procurement Manager - C&P

We are looking for a dynamic procurement professionals to join our team! Our team is split across the Eastern Region, and the roles can be based in York, Derby or London Stratford. We have a great team ethos of supporting and developing each other supported by a minimum expectation that individuals are in the office a minimum of 3 days a week. You'll work closely with your customers and our business experts to undertake pre-market engagement with the supply chain, draft contracting strategies and tender documentation. You'll be the expert, advising senior stakeholders, leading the procurement, and mentoring other members of the team. You will have excellent communications skills, both written and verbal, be proactive, have in depth experience of the end-to-end procurement process, be happy to challenge and be challenged and be prepared to go above and beyond to support our customers and your team. About the role: If you love to engage with your customers, thrive on using your own initiative, have great people skills and are passionate about making a difference, please read on! The Eastern procurement and commercial strategy team is responsible for awarding contracts for works and services to support passengers in the North East, East Midlands, East Coast and Anglia Routes by keeping our rail infrastructure operational. We equally support our capital programmes across the Region and other directorates from property to strategic planning, meaning we have one of the most varied and wide reaching portfolios of the Network Rail C&P teams. Our activity includes establishing one-off contracts, framework agreements and sourcing within frameworks. Some of our key projects include awarding contracts to support track renewals, civils and building works, structural examinations and assessments, major projects, overhead line renewals and station inspections and upgrades. Understanding your customer's needs will put you in the best place to identify the optimum route to market and put in place category and contracting strategies that embrace change, innovation, creative thinking and deliver value for money. We want you to bring us new ideas to help: · improve safety – everyone home safe every day · be more sustainable · be more efficient – financially and programme management · actively self-serve and participate in training and self-development · introduce innovation from our supply chain · provide creative contracting strategiesAbout the role (External) Some Key Accountabilities of the role: What will your main responsibilities be? 1. Develop procurement strategies that complement the strategic business plan or 3^rd party investment and use a range of analysis to select the most appropriate route to market that delivers the optimum value for money. 2. Perform the full range of procurement and contracting activities including pre-market engagement, pre-qualification, tender management, negotiation and preparation of contracts. 3. Provide procurement advice on a regional wide basis and/ or relating to specific portfolio issues. 4. Support pre-contract procurement of main contractors and where appropriate actively influence the procurement of sub-contracting activity by the main contractors. 5. Exercise compliance with Network Rail policies, procedures and governance and legal (including EU Directives) and regulatory requirements. 6. Manage a range of preferred suppliers developing positive supplier relationships aligned to business objectives. 7. Identify cost reduction and efficiency opportunities and contribute to the achievement of efficiency targets for a specific portfolio. 8. Manage the process for the measuring of supplier performance so that effective feedback takes place to facilitate continuous improvement. 9. Exercise delegated authority to procure in accordance with established policies and governance. 10. Manage direct reports to help develop their competencies and delivery of outputs.

• 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/Procurement Act. • Awareness of contract requirements safety and contract requirements environment. Desirable Criteria: • Line management experience. • Knowledge of e-procurement. • Membership of relevant professional institute. • Knowledge of the rail industry. • Educated to degree level. • Knowledge of Crown Commercial Services frameworks., Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do, safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail. You should be able to demonstrate your personal commitment to safety and awareness of our safety vision.

Network Rail has played a key role in keeping the country moving during the coronavirus pandemic – and we will play an equally important part in rebuilding from it. We get people where they need to be, whether they are commuting to work, visiting friends or family, or going for a night out. We make millions of lives better every day and have a vital job in driving the economy and prosperity of the nation! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLZ7OYSoQVU Over the coming years we will be building and improving crucial rail links between the country's biggest cities, making our services faster, more comfortable and more reliable for the people who rely on us. We're also changing our organisation to put the passenger at the heart of everything we do, to make our people even prouder to work for us and to be recognised as a true leader in our industry. In joining Network Rail, you're not only joining an organisation with a vital role to play for the country, but also a team of more than 40,000 people, and a business dedicated to being one of Britain's best employers.

• Employees will be entitled to a 75% discount off leisure, this includes all Advance, off peak and super off peak tickets, Network Rail can offer you a rewarding career with competitive pay and excellent benefits including a choice of contributory pension schemes, a generous annual leave package, a bonus scheme and an annual 75% subsidy on season tickets costing up to £3,333 (to a maximum amount of £2,500). You will also be entitled to 28 days annual leave
Salary: £55,596 to £62,546 per annum.
• Employees will be entitled to a 75% discount off leisure travel, this includes off peak and super off peak tickets