[Hiring] Senior Procurement Lead @Linesight

Role Description

As a Senior Procurement Lead at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.

In this role you will:

• Develop, implement, and manage equipment sourcing strategies, from identification of supply chain partners through to receipt of materials on site, including expediting of orders, with a clear focus on the OFCI demands and pace of construction-led project delivery.
• Act as a strategic partner and maintain alignment with business partners, including client technical teams, construction managers, and consultancy stakeholders, to ensure ongoing support of the agreed strategies.
• Lead the decision-making process and make recommendations on awards based on your expert market knowledge, particularly within construction and capital project environments.
• Own the evaluation of bids to determine the best overall value, reviewing quotations and proposals against specifications and terms and conditions, ensuring they align with construction sequencing and site requirements.
• Manage various bid requests and contract developments with rigorous attention to detail, partnering with legal and finance teams when needed, and ensuring all documentation reflects construction best practice.
• Develop statements of work, performance terms, and Service Level Agreements for the project, tailored to construction-phase expectations and contractor deliverables.
• Utilise client-specific procurement systems and processes as required, ensuring compliance with all stage-gate approvals.
• Review procurement practices on an ongoing basis to ensure compliance with relevant laws, industry standards, and construction-specific regulatory frameworks.
• Use your expert knowledge to identify and drive innovation in the procurement and supply chain process, with a focus on improving efficiency and delivery performance across OFCI construction packages.

Qualifications

• Have grown your procurement experience over the last 10 years with increasing levels of leadership.
• Have demonstrable experience in OFCI construction procurement package ideally within a consultancy environment, or experience in a construction setting within the pharmaceutical/medical device sectors, or from an EPC background in the oil and gas sector.
• Have a degree in a procurement or supply chain management related discipline.
• Have a CIPS certification or are on the path to complete it – we can support your progression.
• Have strong problem-solving skills and a commercial mindset to build balanced solutions and recommendations.
• Thrive on building positive relationships with your team and clients through a shared purpose and sense of openness and fun.
• Are an excellent communicator both verbally and in writing.

Company Description

Linesight is a highly successful global project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You see we’re not like the others. We’re different. Unique. It’s our fresh thinking and focus on what matters that has led to our evolving. We are on a journey working in some of the most exciting innovative sectors with some of the world’s most prestigious companies delivering major projects that deliver a more sustainable built environment. We have an open culture and a flat structure where you can expect to be treated with genuine care, respect, and empathy. With Linesight, you can truly discover the power of team!