Project Procurement Manager
Based Derby
Sector - Rail Rolling Stock
Contract - 6 months plus
£neg dependant upon experience
to start asap
potential hybrid options
Job Description
Define and implement the Project Procurement Strategy in full respect of QCD commitments
- At project start, get QCD Procurement Commitment as built at tender phase in the respective LU and PUs, secure the commitments are well understood by the SSMs & Procurement Teams.
- Define the Project Procurement strategy with the PPLD, based on the Product Procurement strategy, into a Project Procurement Management Plan, approved by Procurement stakeholders (Domain, Platform/Solution...).
- Ensure the Project Procurement strategy is shared, understood, applied by the procurement teams and the SSM, In collaboration with Legal Department, build and publish the specific legal requirements to be applied for the project (i.e. Project Specific agreement, RFQ letter, ...), ensure good use and application by stakeholders (at Business Awards, contract validation, deviation validation, ...)
Coordinate, consolidate and secure Procurement activities, performance & efficiency on whole project
- Manage buyers working on the project for a proper contribution to the project QCD (functional report)
- Organize Procurement launch meeting involving PM, SSMs, Procurement,
- Have a general vision of the Project's / suppliers' progress, stakes and difficulties. Define and agree with Procurement and SSMs the corrective measures and ensure those are led,
- Define proper processes and tools including reporting and ensure application on the whole project
- Ensure Business Award decision compliancy with Project Procurement strategy and QCD requirements,
- Follow project particular conditions are correctly applied and respected (such as localization rate, financial conditions...)
- Escalate appropriately when and where required on procurement issues and risks impacting Project, always proposing corrective measures,
- Ensure QCD performance of procurement is properly reported for each respective sub-system & component,
- Ensure ePMFU deployment throughout each Sub-System & Component (together with the respective "métiers" / Subsystems contributing to populate it). Build a general overview for the PM.
Master the Material Work Package: costs, risks and ambition
- Build the respective Sub-Systems Estimate at Completion and the project consolidation (all WPs), and is accountable for the overall Project Procurement SAPR & RAPR including claim to suppliers.
- Define improvement plans with respective Sub-System & Component teams - Follow-up the progress and ensure the progress is compliant with Project objectives
- Co-Validates with Sub-System Manager each gap vs CPR0 (deviation sheet & bridge approval process)
Split of Work
According project size and/or complexity , PPM function could be handled by several PPMs for the Project. In such a case, every PPM has the same job function described above, a "leader" has to be identified in charge of the overall coordination and reporting to the head of the Project, and each PPM scope has to be defined. For instance, a PPM "development" may be in charge of all processes involved in the Design of new products within the development team, or a PPM may focus on "supplier localization", or a split by products maybe organized.
Detailed activities
As Procurement Project Manager, your role and responsibilities in our cross functional/departmental organization is defined by the RACI, an acronym that was derived from the four key responsibilities most typically used: Responsible, Accountable, Consulted and Informed,
- Accountable (also Approver): The one ultimately answerable for the correct and thorough completion of the deliverable or task, the one who ensures the prerequisites of the task are met and who delegates the work to those responsible. There must be only one accountable specified for each task or deliverable
- Responsible: Those who do the work to complete the task. There is at least one role with a participation type of responsible.
- Consulted (also contributor): Those whose opinions are sought, typically subject matter experts.
- Informed: Those who are kept up to date on progress, often only on completion of the task or deliverable.
The routines are all the actions followed regularly by Procurement Project Manager.
The purpose of the following table is to describe the main role and mission of the Procurement Project Manager during the project life cycle with the corresponding RACI, routine and tool. It belongs to the Procurement Project Manager to animate or participate to the necessary meetings to ensure that the project objectives under his/her responsibility are reached.
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