Procurement and Supply Chain Manager

Job Title: Procurement and Supply Chain Manager Location: Warrington, Cheshire or Preston, Lancashire + Hybrid Working Arrangement Compensation: Up to £75,000 (Dependent as Experience) + Benefits Role Type: Full time / Permanent Role ID: SF59544 At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Procurement and Supply Chain Manager, at our Warrington or Preston sites. The Role As a Procurement and Supply Chain Manager, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. Reporting to the Head of Procurement & Supply Chain, you'll be responsible for delivering strategic and operational value in support of the Business and Cavendish Nuclear strategic goals and objectives. Day-to-day, you'll be expected to create new value streams through strategic relationship management with internal and external Business partners, impacting the top and bottom line; you'll also, be ensuring the Operational delivery of functional support to all major projects within the Business through a highly professional procurement solution throughout the project life cycle: Leading Procurement and Supply Chain support to a Portfolio of BUs. Line Manager responsibilities to all P&SC staff across the Portfolio of BUs. Building strategic relationships and partnerships with the BU S Director and Management teams to support business growth opportunities. Member of the P&SC functional management team accountable for delivering the strategic goals and objectives of the business and Cavendish Nuclear. Work with senior stakeholders and partners to develop and challenge the business strategy, portfolio of projects and priorities such that realistic and ambitious expectations are realised.This role is full time, 37 hours per week and requires regular travel to Warrington or Preston on a weekly basis alongside home working arrangements. Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview. Essential Experience of the Procurement and Supply Chain Specialist: Fully conversant with and able to apply senior stakeholder management and advanced influencing techniques. Can effectively manage a complex stakeholder environment across multiple individuals and organisations over long time periods. Can plan, organise and manage resources to bring about the successful delivery of specific project goals and objectives (including pre and post contract award). Ability to manage teams spanning multiple projects at once and articulate to senior teams the key stages of each project. Confidently leads a team that manages procurement projects to meet or exceed expectations for quality, time and cost.Qualifications for the Procurement and Supply Chain Specialist: Ideally, you will hold a recognised professional procurement qualification (CIPS / MCIPS) or equivalent / similar.Security Clearance The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels. What we Offer: Generous holiday allowance Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+ Employee share scheme Employee shopping savings portal Payment of Professional Fees Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.Cavendish Nuclear As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together. We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview. #CAVDESTNUC