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    Category Manager - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Natural HR Limited

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    Are you looking to progress your career by working on Britain's biggest construction project?

    Balfour Beatty VINCI is working with a range of organisations to design and build 90km West Midlands stretch of HS- Britain's new high speed railway.

    Our work is essential to enable HS2 trains to travel between London and Birmingham as well as continue their journey up to Manchester.

    It's an incredibly exciting time to join us - we're at peak construction with work really ramping up on a broad range of assets including bridges, tunnels and viaducts.

    Our head office is located within an excellent location easily accessible via the M6 and M42.

    The office is also accessible via rail, and we offer employees a shuttle bus transfer to our office from Birmingham international.

    Propose and develop (in conjunction with the Head of Procurement) indirect and direct Category/Subcontract strategies, delivering the most economical procurement route for BBV and the Contract.

    Identify demand and capacity issues within the supply chain and the development of risk mitigation strategies
    Keep abreast of market developments, demand trends and risks, and ensure that each client's requirements are understood
    Focus on exceeding minimum service expectations by delivering an agile, value adding service with a deep understanding of customer requirements, technical competence, functional knowledge and process efficiency

    Establish performance led, long term supplier relationships focusing on value for money, service & product quality and continuous improvement to drive competitive advantage for BBV and our Parent Companies.

    An understanding of legal frameworks and contract law
    Substantial project procurement management experience within a construction related environment
    Experience of projects with sub-contractors and suppliers
    Proven track record within strategic sourcing, managing supplier relationships, negotiation, process compliance, leading complex sourcing activities and supplier integration into project teams
    Excellent analytical skills, strong commercial awareness, a measured approach to decision making and the ability to ensure best value procurement
    Flexible working available for some roles


    • Travel allowance for eligible candidates
    • Family friendly leave policies
    • Health risk assessments
    • Access to employee assistance programmes
    • Balfour Beatty VINCI is a long-established joint venture between two powerhouses for the delivery of critical infrastructure across rail, transport and other iconic projects in the UK and beyond. Our work with HS2 Balfour Beatty VINCI have been awarded a 90km section of the HS2 project from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and then on to Handsacre in Staffordshire.
    Overall, we will be building the following across all our sites:


    • Diversity and Inclusion

    We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to come and join our team, including people with different physical abilities and neuro diversities.

    We are working to represent the communities Balfour Beatty VINCI works in through our workforce.

    We have embedded Equality,Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) Champions across our sites and are guided by strong accreditations that ensure we demonstrate our ability to support our people effectively.

    We care about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse set of backgrounds and experiences.

    BBV is a Disability Confident Leader and we welcome applications from candidates with a disability.

    We recognise and respect that people work in different ways and we are open to discussing what flexibility you may need during the recruitment process, balanced against our project requirements.

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