Group 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 Group Procurement Manager who will manage the strategic sourcing and supplier management for all Workdry central functions. This role will also assist the Group Director of Procurement in providing the Workdry group with insight and executional support on best practice, compliance, spend and savings analysis, policy and process improvement and general governance.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Internal analysis of spend (categorisation and validation) and savings opportunities with a view to optimising the aggregation of spend and its cascading.
  
  
• External market analysis of key spend or spend categories to enable a review of the current supply chain, its performance relative to requirements and best in class benchmarks.
  
  
• Sourcing strategy development for RFx activities 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 procurement director in developing cross-BU policies, process mapping and governance forums with a view to facilitating the consolidation of Procurement consistency in Workdry.
  
  
• Actively contributing to Workdry group savings targets, specifically from Central cost centres and Capex spend. Assisting in the development of future savings targets and plans of action to evaluate the likelihood of success.
  
  
• Support for the development and consolidation of a centralised supplier due diligence process and associated risk analysis and self-service business documents to facilitate a more agile supply chain.
  
  
• 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 various business locations across the UK with overnight stays. Potential for occasional international travel as per business need.
  
  
• Experience in global supply chain and international trade regulations (beneficial but not essential).
  
  
• Educated to degree level (highly beneficial but not essential).
  
  
• CIPS or equivalent (beneficial but not essential).
  
  This role will be based out of the Head Office (Chandlers Ford) but will be expected to travel nationally and internationally approximately 10-15% of the time.
  
  What we can offer you
  
  Competitive salary & eligible for company bonus scheme (annual and quarterly payments)
  
  Company Car
  
  Medicash Scheme – medical expenses scheme (access to 24hour online GP services, discounted gym memberships plus more features)
  
  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 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