Location: Barrow LA14 2HE
Salary: Competitive DOE
Working hours: 08:00am - 17:00pm
Benefits: 25 days holiday + BH, car allowance, flex benefits (EMCOR UK discount scheme)
About EMCOR UK:
At EMCOR UK, we revolutionise facilities management by combining our engineering heritage and innovation capability. We prioritise people in everything we do, collaborating closely with our customers to understand all their needs, from the big picture to day-to-day operations. Our purpose is to "create a better world at work". Using our unique insight platform, "One Data World," we harness data-driven intelligence to make informed decisions, adapting our services to meet our customers' evolving requirements. This allows us to cultivate an enhanced workplace experience for their teams whilst optimising efficiency, meticulously managing every asset, and minimising their impact on the planet. All supported by our commitment to safety, compliance, and assurance. Our partnering approach empowers our customers to shape a better future. Whether guiding their path to net zero or redeveloping their facilities for enhanced efficiency, we create better places for work whilst taking away the burden of facility operations, freeing up our customers to concentrate on their business.
What you'll do:
To manage procurement for EMCOR UK projects and facilities management scope at our client site in Barrow. The role will be part of the EMCOR UK Procurement team, where you will collaborate with our Supply Chain Director, Heads of Projects Procurement and Category Leads and other Ops /Projects Buyers to ensure we deliver a robust and forward thinking supply chain solution to effectively deliver engineering excellence and a better world at work for our customers, colleagues and supply chain; and for the communities in which we work.
This role will be embedded into our EMCOR UK team on our client site at Barrow and will be responsible for all supply chain and procurement activity on the contract, including day to day prioritisation of activities and workload to ensure we have a good supply chain, readily available to rely on, that delivers excellence to our customer site with the right governance around the relationship to ensure performance standards are met. Driving value for money by leading all supply chain project negotiations and ensuring were main competitive whilst maximising profit for EMCOR UK.
You'll ensure that all procurement activity is undertaken in line with the overall organisational strategy; category plan; account specific procurement plan and procurement best practice, develop the procurement account strategy in partnership with the account team and take ownership to lead the delivery and continuously analyse market trends, supplier performance and cost structures to identify risks and opportunities for improvement and implement risk mitigation strategies.
Collaborating with the category team to develop wider relationships with specialist supply chain to suit product / service / geographical gaps and support growth opportunities to align with business need, you'll ensure supply chain is appropriately accredited and provides sufficient competition and value for money for all account needs.
Working to identify, select, develop and manage new supply chain to support future business through a rigorous evaluation process, ongoing performance measurement, contract review and benchmarking, whilst negotiating and delivering cost savings through negotiation, evidencing value for money that can be demonstrated to our customers.
You'll identify innovation and ensure that these ideas and initiatives are presented to our accounts to increase revenue and margin opportunities. This will support our culture of continuous improvement, delivering improvements that support the organisation's requirements, ensuring that account stakeholders are seen as a customer and engage to gain feedback to set improvement objectives and deliver against account procurement plan.
Person Specification
Who you'll be:
You'll need FM / Projects / construction procurement experience, and a genuine passion for procurement and supply chain management.
You'll have a desire to think 'outside of the box', and not be afraid to challenge, with an ability and focus to drive improvement with a 'can-do' attitude.
With the highest levels of integrity at all times, you will have the ability to identify, assess and consider risk management throughout the procurement and contract management process experience in stakeholder engagement.
You'll also need experience of driving value and delivering cost saving targets, and the ability to lead and work in cross-functional teams.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes you unique. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce fosters creativity, innovation, and better problem-solving.
We encourage applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities for employment and growth, supported by our inclusive policies and practices.
Join us in our endeavour to build a culture of mutual respect and equity, a place where every voice is heard, and every individual is championed.
Join us in building a better world at work.