Location: Manchester / Hybrid

The Supply Chain Manager is responsible for all aspects of Supply Chain Management and Procurement activity on a framework or major project. This includes the full lifecycle from Procurement Strategy, Market Engagement, Prequalification, Tendering, Governance, Contract Award and Supplier Relationship Management. A number of procurement routes will be utilised from either Category Management, Competitive Tendering or Sole Source Justification.

The Supply Chain Manager may also directly lead/manage a small team of Supply Chain/Procurement professionals.

The role holder works closely with the other professional disciplines such as Design, Health & Safety, Quality, Operations and Commercial etc throughout the procurement lifecycle. The role holder will be expected to justify the procurement decisions through internal and external governance bodies.

Also, to develop and maintain strategic initiatives pertaining to a framework and Morgan Sindall supply chain in line with the programme and organisations supply chain vision; supporting the bid teams at work-winning and project teams at contract, in terms of the development and implementation of strategies required to achieve the optimum results.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Implement, develop and maintain robust supply chain relationships that support Morgan Sindall in both work-winning and current project delivery
• Develop and implement specific project and category supply chain strategies that both align themselves to a framework and Morgan Sindall supply chain vision and deliver best value to projects
• Support bid teams at work-winning in delivering the agreed strategy, fully assessing supply chain risk and opportunity, reporting on market responses, advising on scope reductions and fixed price allowances.
• Lead the development of the optimum supply chain required to successfully deliver the project, providing a ‘watching brief’ on procurement spend and the reporting of such spend
• Research, develop and implement improved and innovative relationships with suppliers aimed at establishing commercial, technical and contractual environments for delivery of improved value in order to ensure longer term customer and supplier relationships are maintained through the development of robust contract management and supplier relationship management (SRM) processes and systems
• Help develop the business unit supply chain strategy aligned to the overall framework or project and Morgan Sindall
• Develop and oversee the delivery of project specific Acquisition Strategy aligned to the overall Morgan Sindall supply chain strategy and supply chain vision
• Produce and maintain the Project Procurement Plan and take responsibility for data integrity for performance reporting
• Work closely and effectively with all other disciplines to ensure that the vendors will provide assured delivery and maximum value against the time, cost, quality and safety requirements of the business unit
• Identify and challenge practices and procedures, both internally and within the supply chain, to remove non value adding activities.
• Manage the reporting on the performance of the supply chain and develop and implement improvement programmes with the supply chain to achieve continuous improvement
• Establish and maintain effective channels of communication with key supply chain members through supply chain forums, 360 degree performance reviews etc. Agree and discuss areas for improvement together with the effective communication of best practice
• Take a lead role as a member of the supply chain function to identify and share best practices across the business
• Monitor and report on the availability of appropriate resources required to deliver the business unit supply chain requirements. To identify shortfalls in the resources available
• Ensure the effectiveness and continuing development of the procurement process. The application, establishment and modification of the processes, strategies and control procedures involved in the procurement activity
• Manage commercial, reputation, ethical and other risks associated with the procurement process to ensure that undesirable consequences of the risks are mitigated and opportunities realised. Ensure compliance with the safety code for subcontractors, sustainable procurement strategy, within the selected supply chains
• Engage with key members of the supply chain both at pre-qualification and pre-bid stages to ensure that the optimum supply chain is in place to maximise our ability to win the work
• Develop and oversee the tender procurement strategy that identifies critical packages of work and clearly defines how we will approach the supply chain in order to optimise price and minimise risk both operational and commercial