Description
Job Description
Primary Purpose
- To lead and manage the procurement activity and follow on sub-contract management of defined areas of responsibility as allocated.
- To deliver an optimized service, quality and cost offering to the customers of Procurement (both internal and externally facing) and to deliver sustainable [measurable] service excellence through demonstrable customer satisfaction. To recognize, understand and contribute towards the medium to long-term objectives of Procurement and to support the company.
- To manage all subcontract activities in conjunction with technical team including subcontract construct, negotiation, implementation and ongoing monitoring of performance against defined targets of performance, cost and delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- As part of bid teams support/lead/manage subcontract shaping and negotiation of subcontracts
- To manage and report on all subcontract activities in support of bids/projects through the life cycle.
- Hold regular reviews with subcontractors to address schedule/technical compliance.
- Provide regular update reports to relevant project and senior management.
- Delivery of improvement in overall value (quality, cost, delivery, performance) from supplier base.
- Identification, assessment and management of subcontracted risk in support of associated bids/projects.
- Undertake vendor assessment and identify opportunities to develop supply base.
- Establish and maintain effective KPI's to enable accurate measurement of performance.
- Assist in review and development of business processes as required.
- Ensure maintenance of appropriate records and subcontract data for monthly management reports as required
- Maintain effective communications and develop appropriate relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Develop appropriate relationships with the supplier base with particular emphasis on effective
partnerships.
Skills & Experience
Essential:
- Establishing and managing subcontracts in large (> £50M) prime contractor projects within IT/IS domain
- Subcontract commercial management of large prime contract solutions within HMG and commercial business sectors
- Establishing and managing subcontracts in managed services projects
- Establishing and managing overseas export subcontract partners
- Has maturity and gravitas to work with senior levels of client base
- Ability to forge strong working relationships with peers and other colleagues
- Financial management experience of complex subcontracts
- Good technical degree in relevant subject
- Previous Procurement and Subcontract experience.
- Strong IT skills.
- Ability to liaise and influence key Stakeholders.
- High level communication skills, attention to detail and a desire and willingness to learn.
Desirable:
- Relevant Masters Degree, IACCM trained
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