PRS Procurement Manager

Our Business
Workdry International is a market-leading provider of engineered solutions for the handling and treatment of water and wastewater.
Our Selwood, Siltbuster, Vanderkamp and Holland Pump business combined form a UK, European and US leader in pumping solutions, on-site water treatment, wet waste processing and the prevention of waterborne pollution, delivering an unrivalled range of rapidly deployable solutions.
Workdry provides support to group companies through administration and back-office functions including finance, HR, training and development, and health and safety.
We are committed to excellence in solutions and services, staff training and development, sustainability and diversity, and provide an environment where every team member can thrive and progress to their full potential.
About The Role
The Workdry Group has seen enormous growth over recent years. Due to this we’re pleased to be adding a Pump Rental Solutions Procurement Manager who will manage strategic sourcing and supplier management for Opex categories within our Pump Rental Solutions (PRS) business unit.
This role will also assist the Group Director of Procurement in providing the PRS business unit insight and executional support on best practice, compliance, spend and savings analysis, policy and process improvement and general governance.

• Internal analysis of spend to assess risk and savings opportunities and ensure categorisation, aligned with other business units.
  
• External market analysis of key spend or categories to enable a review of the current supply chain, its performance relative to requirements and best in class benchmarks.
  
• Sourcing strategy development and RFx activities for PRS Opex spend with a clear demonstration of risk/reward/ROI and stakeholder value add.
  
• Management of internal stakeholders’ sourcing and contractual requirements, ensuring expectations are understood, challenged and where possible, met.
  
• Support for the Group Director of Procurement in developing cross- business unit policies, process mapping and improvement.
  
• Actively contributing to PRS savings targets, assisting in the development of future savings targets and plans of action to evaluate the likelihood of success.
  
• Execution of strategies that enable the supply chain to be simplified, supplier numbers to be reduced and maximum supplier value to be extracted.
  
• Champion within the business for sustainability and innovation from the supply chain and the associated reporting of benefits and trade-offs.
  
• Workdry behaviours ambassador – showcase Workdry values by leading by example and actively contributing to a culture of collaboration and accountability.
  
• Participate in and support all internal and external audit reviews, regulatory requirements and other legal obligations as may be necessary.
  Qualifications & Experience:
  
• Extensive demonstrable dedicated procurement experience with good breadth of procurement expertise.
  
• Similar industry experience (beneficial but not essential).
  
• Outstanding communication skills – verbal, written and presentational.
  
• Strong collaboration ability, ability to engage internal and external stakeholders with experience engaging at various levels of seniority.
  
• Persuasive and influential, but with a proactive, hands-on approach.
  
• Analytical and strategic mindset.
  
• Demonstrable end-to-end sourcing and RFx experience. (Market analysis, tendering, negotiation and tendering, supplier management).
  
• Ability and willingness to travel to our national business locations across the with overnight stays. Potential for occasional international travel as per business need.
  
• Educated to degree level (highly beneficial but not essential).
  
• CIPS or equivalent (beneficial but not essential).
  What we can offer you
  We understand balancing work and life commitments isn’t always easy, that’s why we’ve designed our benefits package to support you in all areas of life.
  Competitive salary
  Eligible for company bonus scheme (annual and quarterly payments)
  Medicash Scheme – medical expenses scheme (access to 24hour online GP services, discounted gym memberships)
  Bupa Private Medical at Single level
  Pension scheme with contribution based on total earnings not just salary
  25 days holiday + 8 Bank Holidays
  Increasing annual leave entitlement with long service
  3x your annual salary life insurance (DIS)
  Support for development and training
  Employee assistance programme (EAP) & access to Mental Health first aiders
  Employee discount scheme (discounts/vouchers for supermarkets, high street shops, holidays and more)
  Employee referral scheme
  Hybrid working (i.e., working from home and in the office) pattern.
  This role is not open to Agencies - Please no calls or emails - Thank you.
  EDI Statement
  Workdry International Ltd is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.
  We value transparency, respecting others and understanding differences. We give full and fair consideration to all applicants, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.
  As part of your recruitment journey, we are happy to support requests for reasonable adjustments