Subcontract Procurement Manager

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards.

We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.

This role will be within our water and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.

Want to be a part of it?

What will you be doing?

As our Procurement Manager you'll report to the Head of Procurement. Work closely with divisional and project stakeholders to lead subcontract procurement activities, ensuring compliance, value, efficiency, and alignment with organisational standards and ESG commitments. You'll be covering all of our Southern contract and Wales.

Key responsibilities include identifying and delivering cost savings, managing competitive sourcing activities (RFQs and ITTs), negotiating and awarding subcontracts, and ensuring contracts are delivered within budget, timescales, and compliance requirements.

You'll be responsible for building and managing supplier relationships, monitoring performance, implementing corrective actions, and maintaining continuity of supply. It also includes evaluating tenders and quotations, managing supplier onboarding and pre-qualification, and maintaining an approved supply base with current accreditations, insurance, and financial checks.

Working closely with Commercial, Operations, and other internal teams, you'll support governance frameworks, ensure adherence to procurement policies and procedures, mitigate supply and commercial risks, and maintain a forward pipeline of subcontract opportunities to secure resource capacity.

The role also involves developing procurement processes and Supplier Relationship Management programmes, analysing subcontract spend, and producing accurate reporting on pipeline, supplier performance, and savings achievements.

What you’ll bring

Proven experience in subcontract procurement, including NEC3 and NEC4 subcontract forms and bespoke client contracts.

Expertise in scoping, tendering, evaluation, negotiation, and contract placement.

Proficiency in procurement technologies (e.g., ERP systems) and MS Office tools, especially Excel.

Strong organisational, data analysis, and communication skills.

Ability to manage multiple deadlines and projects effectively.

Working knowledge of relevant procurement and contract legislation and prompt-payment obligations

Familiarity with finance, stock management, or commercial systems.

Professional certifications such as MCIPS, CIPS, or a degree in supply chain management or business.

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

Contributory pension scheme

Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year

Employee assistance programme

My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts

Life assurance

Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes

Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave

Reward and recognition scheme

Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!

In addition, this role offers;

Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from

My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme

Private health care –

family cover

Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Discretionary bonus scheme

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

We’re

responsible

and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet

We’re

open

and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations

We’re

together

and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts

We’re

ambitious

and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note:

Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3 rd

party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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