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Position: Procurement Lead
Location: Henfield
Salary: Competitive
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Procurement Lead to join, a well-established civil engineering contractor in their Subcontract division. delivering innovative, sustainable projects across the South Coast.
You will lead the end-to-end subcontract and agency labour procurement function, owning processes from supplier onboarding and pre-qualification through tendering, order placement and post-award relationship management. Working closely with estimating and commercial teams, you'll ensure compliant, value-for-money outcomes, robust supply-chain governance, and strong performance management across live projects.
Procurement Lead Salary & Benefits
- Salary: depending on experience.
- Pension scheme (up to 10% employer match).
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Company Car allowance
- Company phone and discretionary bonus.
- Additional benefits to be discussed at interview.
Procurement Lead Job Overview
- Operate to the company Integrated Management System (IMS) and all relevant policies and procedures.
- Deliver timely onboarding/pre-qualification of new subcontractors to meet project requirements.
- Maintain and continually improve the approved supply-chain database, onboarding new providers as required.
- Prepare and issue tender enquiry packs on behalf of estimating and commercial teams.
- Manage tender Q&A/clarifications and coordinate responses during the tender period.
- Complete full tender analyses, including commercial comparisons and technical/commercial review of qualifications and exclusions.
- Build, develop and maintain collaborative relationships with key subcontractors and labour suppliers.
- Plan and conduct subcontractor audits to assure compliance
- Manage a database of labour-only suppliers and ensure compliance with off-payroll working rules (IR35).
Procurement Lead Job Requirements
- Proven experience as a Subcontract Buyer or Quantity Surveyor within Civil Engineering
- Strong negotiator with a track record of achieving value-driven outcomes.
- Good understanding of HSEQ/QHSE legislation and supply-chain compliance.
- Demonstrable experience running competitive tenders, negotiating terms, and managing supplier performance.
- Working knowledge of standard forms of construction contract (e.g. NEC/JCT) and subcontract terms.
- Experience with procurement/ERP or cost management systems (e.g., Evision/COINS or similar).
- Clear understanding of tendering and procurement processes across pre- and post-contract stages.
- People management and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence at all levels.
- Familiarity with certified management systems: ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018.
Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.
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