Category Manager - Strategic Resourcing

General
     * Procurement and management of the procurement of Direct and Indirect materials and services (including associated sub-contracts), including the preparation, maintenance and communication of all associated documentation.
Associated activities include:

Bidding / Tendering
     * Running future RFI / RFP events.
     * Negotiating with suppliers and service providers.
     * Development of comprehensive rate structures.
     * Development of thorough and robust contracts and framework agreements.

Supplier Relationships
     * Managing both existing and future supplier relationships and contracts.
     * Regular planned and structured Service Level Agreement meetings with suppliers and service providers.
     * Involvement in relationship management programmes.
     * Investigation, development and instigation of framework agreement improvements, to create lasting benefits to the Skanska business.

Spend Analysis
     * Analysis of current and future category spend patterns.

Procurement Strategy and Development
     * Where necessary representing Skanska UK on a wider platform, such as Skanska Global Procurement initiatives.
     * Ensuring compliance to the Skanska Code of Conduct.
     * Developing with suppliers and providers such tools to enable the better process of business.
     * Liaising with suppliers in the establishment of Skanska UK specific electronic tools and catalogues.
     * Providing a ‘mandate’ for change/improvement.
     * Delivering Procurement Transformation Programme objectives.
     * Demonstrating continued leadership in working towards to the requirements of the Skanska 2015 strategy, particularly with regard to cost reduction and supply chain efficiency targets.

Win Work:
     * Building close working relationships with project/bid teams in order to effectively support the win work process.

Operating Unit Support
     * Providing Skanska UK Operating Units with strategic support in the “day to day” management of framework agreements.
     * Use acquired knowledge and skills to help Operating Units overcome strategic difficulties.

Communication
     * Promote and raise the profile of Procurement activities, processes and procedures.
     * Manage compliance to framework agreements.
     * Ensure clear and unambiguous delivery and integration of new framework agreements into the Skanska UK business.

Continuous Improvement
     * Analysing current systems and agreements, suggesting and implementing improvements.
     * Monitoring the market and benchmarking costs.
Health, Safety, Environment and Quality
     * Promoting the company safety, environmental and quality culture.
     * Incorporate all aspects of Health, Safety and Environmental best practice into framework agreements.
     * Actively participate in the reduction of the environmental impact of our business.

Knowledge/Experience/Qualifications
     * Excellent communication skills - written and verbal.
     * Customer focused.
     * Confident / professionally assertive approach
     * Intellectual capacity to deal with complex and strategic issues
     * Ability to work alone or as part of a team.
     * Ability to work to a high degree of accuracy.
     * Intermediate / advanced level skills in the use of MS Excel and PowerPoint software applications.
     * GCSE grades C and above or equivalent (incl. Maths and English Language)
     * A procurement or equivalent higher level business qualification would be an advantage