Procurement SME

Location York
Discipline: Supply Chain & Procurement
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000
Job ref: 005342
Published: over 1 year ago

We are looking for a Procurement SME to join our team in York. As a Procurement SME you will provide Procurement expertise to complex or critical projects within Procurement or other Business Projects as directed. You will be required to align and integrate projects & resources to deliver against the objective and goals.

Role Details 

  • Salary: Circa £35,000 - £40,000 per annum
  • Role based: York / Hybrid
  • Contract type: 6 Month FTC with a possibility to extend
  • Annual leave: 25 days plus bank holidays

Role Responsibilities

  • Manage Procurement activities across all allocated Projects; incorporating Portakabin Project Management Tools and ensuring Supply Chain reporting & Supplier Engagement is in line with SC policy, process & procedure 
  • Identify project gaps, critical path constraints and remediate 
  • Risk management and contingency sourcing to ensure project delivery is on time, to budget 
  • Understanding and comprehension of technical aspects of the project to ensure informed decision making 
  • Manage the full cost model to project requirements 
  • Liaise with other team members who will also work on the project ensuring clear communication and consistency in approach 

Benefits & Opportunities

  • Working flexibly principles
  • Contributory pension
  • A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
  • Employee Assistance Program

There is also great opportunity for career progression within Portakabin. Roughly one third of our roles are filled by internal candidates!

Our Ideal Candidate

  • We are looking for someone who has:
  • A professional project management Qualification: Prince2 or equivalent experience
  • CIPS educated or working towards
  • Holds full UK driving license
  • 2+ years’ experience in Procurement role within Manufacturing environment
  • Management experience of multiple simultaneous projects
  • Experience of managing Proccurement projects  

Even if you do not match all of our ‘ideal’ criteria we would still be very keen to receive your CV as we love developing our people and may feel that you could be developed into this role.

About Portakabin 

As innovators in the science of building, we provide modular buildings for hire and sale, as well as supplying refurbished buildings and construction site accommodation. We deliver building solutions for organisations of any size, in sectors ranging from manufacturing, education and health to transport, utilities and construction.

Portakabin remains in the ownership of the York based Shepherd family and now employs more than 1,750 people across ten European countries.

Apply Now!

We’re keen to get someone started in this role. If you think this sounds like the ideal job for you, please apply as soon as possible as we may close this job advert early if we receive a high number of applications.