Head of Procurement Operations - Civil Engineering Transport
Head of Procurement Operations - Civil Engineering Transport
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Job Description
As part of the senior leadership team working on a major transport infrastructure project in Dublin the Head of Procurement Operations will provide leadership and direction to the procurement operations team and their activities in compliance with project governance policies and procedures that support the wider procurement function.
Principal Accountabilities
Procurement Operations
- Act as a senior point of contact for all procurement operations matters including but not limited to standard documents etendering processes reporting supply chain and eTendering and eEvaluation systems.
- Develop and own the project Procurement Code setting out the process procedures and templates that will be deployed for all procurement activity.
- Develop and own the standards of procurement production documents guidance manuals and etendering processes including maintaining updates providing a centre of best practice for procurement activity.
- Ensure that the project contract terms and conditions reflect the current legal position and are updated in consultation with the legal advisers.
- Develop and maintain management controls and information processes and systems in line with the projects commercial policy and guidance ensuring the timely maintenance thereof.
- Define establish and maintain consistent and measurable professional standards necessary for the effective performance of procurement processes across the project.
- Discharge the requirements of the projects commercial policy and guidance to ensure appropriate procedures are adopted in the administration of the procurement process.
Reporting
- Oversee the provision of accurate and timely information to the leadership team and project controls via monthly commercial and procurement progress reports.
- Participate in any progress meetings to discuss procurement progress short listing and tender awards including procurement subcommittee when required.
- Oversee coordination of approvals in relation to any standard commercial or procurement documents and processes and arrange and run a standard document change management group (SDCM).
- Develop and maintain a contract register and administer the supplier registration system.
- Ensure the purchase order system is run efficiently and effectively.
People & Resource Management
- Manage the procurement operations team and provide procurement expertise / assistance on a daytoday basis.
- Ensure the operations team assist and coordinates with delivery teams activities in meeting key dates and deliver progress reports in accordance with the reporting calendar.
- Ensure the support team produce consistent and compliant documents in accordance with best practice EU procurement directives and other statutes.
- Develop and administer training and development processes for procurement personnel in conjunction with Learning & Development.
- Ensure that the designated users are trained and updated in the latest etendering and evaluation software used in the standard processes.
- Manage a supply chain management team to ensure that the client carries out effective market engagement and provides market analytics and market intelligence through the procurement phase of the programme and to oversee Supplier Relationship Management capability for those frameworks and contracts awarded and in delivery.
Personal
- Take reasonable care of your own and others health and safety and of those who may be affected in the daytoday delivery of this role by taking personal responsibility for working to the projects safety procedures.
- Act as a role model for clients vision and values behaving in ways that are in alignment with the projects Ways of Working and health and safety working procedures and encouraging and supporting others to do the same.
- Promote equality in the workplace and adopt appropriate behaviour when interacting with colleagues.
- Take necessary care to properly protect the confidentiality integrity and availability of corporate information from unauthorised disclosure modification or destruction never knowingly putting client and project information or information systems at risk.
Qualifications :
- Must hold a professional qualification such as Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) or relevant equivalent e.g. Membership of Institute of Management Consulting or Association of Project Management.
- A degree in engineering construction or a related subject matter or equivalent experience is desirable.
- Extensive experience at a senior level within procurement and contract management functions in a range of complex highprofile construction civil engineering and serviceoriented areas and in a demanding safety critical environment
- Experience of public sector eprocurement and constraints with a good understanding of business and procurement management systems.
- A thorough understanding of procurement of European procurement directives EU public / utilities civil contract law and construction procurement as a client or for client bodies.
- Experience of producing client procurement reports.
- Experience of relationship management across a broad range of individuals across all levels.
- Knowledge of the NEC and other standard contract forms and commercial risks.
- Competent in Microsoft Office.
Additional Information :
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
