Salary: Competitive
Location: Mixture of Office and Home working. Office base of Croydon with regular travel to More London Place.
Hours: 36 per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Are you looking for a new challenge in Strategic Procurement?
We’re recruiting a Strategic Procurement Manager to join our Design & Technical team at Latimer, Clarion’s Development arm.
Clarion Housing Group is a major housing developer with the financial strength, capacity, skills and expertise to deliver a wide range of housebuilding and regeneration schemes. More than 350,000 people call a Clarion home their home. Our mission is to provide and maintain good quality housing for our residents and to build communities through high quality design and place making. In order to achieve our goal we are expanding our team and looking for ambitious, passionate and dedicated development professionals to join us on our journey.
As Strategic Procurement Manager, you’ll provide procurement and commercial support for Clarion’s new build or S106 transactions. We’ll look to you to deliver significant improvement in value for money, tender process efficiency and customer satisfaction.
Working alongside the Development and Asset Management businesses, Central Procurement Team, and other support functions, you’ll support procurement strategies across the entire portfolio.
Other key accountabilities will include:-
- Alignment with the Group Procurement Strategy to increase the value for Clarion in the procurement of materials and services related to our build and regeneration programmes.
- Supporting the delivery of an Energy, Infrastructure and Technology procurement strategy including network operator, manufacturers and suppliers.
- Supporting the strategic procurement strategy within the development team, work closely with project commercial teams with developing cost plans, and supplier liaison.
- Supporting long-term partnerships with manufacturers and suppliers to foster two-way feedback and monitor supplier performance. Establish framework arrangements for key component procurement.
The ideal candidate will come to us with experience of working in supply chain management, subcontract and or material buying experience as well as negotiating skills. We’re looking for Specialist commercial / industry experience in purchasing & supply in a management role as well as pre and post contract exposure, covering product procurement, supplier and contractor management. The ability to develop and implement procurement market strategies and strong communication and organisational skills are also essential for the role.
If you have demonstrable experience of working with developers and/or materials supply chain in a procurement role, then we welcome your application!
What you can expect from us
Here at Clarion we’re dedicated to rewarding hard work and commitment and providing benefits that support you and your lifestyle. As standard we offer;-
- Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates
- Initial 25 Days annual leave (plus bank holiday), increasing to 30 days after 3 years’ service.
- A flexible benefit scheme tailored to you, inclusive of healthcare options, dental insurance, restaurant card and cycle to work along with 1% of your salary to spend on whichever approved benefit you like!
- Matched pension contributions of up to 7.5% of your salary with generous life assurance
- Flexible and agile working for the majority of our employees.
Other perks
- Company Bonus Scheme
- Eye care vouchers
- Holiday trading scheme allowing you to buy and sell leave
- Free counselling and legal advice scheme for you and your family
- Interest free loans for season ticket and study leave
Our commitment to equality and diversity means that we are keen to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, including but not limited to part-time working and job share, enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity leave, and compassionate leave.
Closing Date: Sunday 13rth March at midnight
Applicants must be able to travel across regions as required.
