Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions provides asset maintenance and upgrade services across the Water, Wastewater, Gas, Electricity, Civil Engineering and Multi Utility industries operating term and project based contracts for the majority of the UK's major utilities organisations. It has a portfolio of "blue chip clients nationwide and overseas with a turnover of circa £650 million per annum and is dedicated to achieving a ZERO HARM environment for it's employees to work in. As a people business employing over 4600 personnel, BBUS will continue to develop and recruit high calibre individuals to support its active management team and highly skilled workforce.

Role Purpose
As the Head of Procurement for our market leading organisation, you will be required to assess the strategic direction of Procurement as a business function as well as building a high performing and professional team.

This role is based in our Sheffield Head Office.

Key Duties

• Set and monitor the Department budgets to ensure high quality delivery against business targets
• Ensure legal compliance for the business within a framework of business improvement and a satisfying working environment
• Negotiate contract and price terms with suppliers to maximise savings to the company
• Source suppliers that will generate maximum benefit to the business
• Monitor the performance of suppliers to ensure that the company continues to use those providing the best service
• Compile and maintain a list of preferred and non approved suppliers
• Prepare regular reports on materials and supplier performance to assist in decision making
• Manage the staff of the department to ensure that they are appropriately motivated and trained to carry out their responsibilities to the required standards
• Ensure the Procurement teams adhere to procurement policies in line with business goals and ensure that the company complies with legal requirements and best practice
• Continually challenge operational requirements and supplier spend, identifying and critiquing cost and contract variations and direct the business towards the Preferred Suppliers to ensure a high level of compliance is attained

Skills Required

• Previous experience of running a large department in a fast-paced environment
• Previous experience in successful negotiation of price saving initiatives across all aspects of business
• Expertise to benchmark, understand best practise, collating and analysing information on suppliers, competitors and service/product innovations in order to inform strategy and negotiations
• Ability to promote alternative solutions through design and implementation of new concepts to the business