Procurement Manager

Allerton Waste Recovery Park, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Job Description

Posted Tuesday 11 March 2025 at 01:00 | Expired Wednesday 26 March 2025 at 00:59

Thalia Waste Management is looking for a Procurement Manager to oversee procurement activities at our site at Allerton Waste Recovery Park (HG5 0SD). The role will focus on ensuring alignment with Thalia's overarching strategy while optimising costs, reducing risks, and improving supplier performance. This role will manage both routine site procurement and project-based procurement, including maintenance shutdowns, and will work closely with stakeholders to secure high-value, high-risk procurement while ensuring compliance with company policies.

• Hybrid role split between site based and remote working
• 10% annual bonus scheme, up to 8% contributory pension, private medical cover, company car / car allowance (£493 per month), 25 days annual leave

Key Responsibilities

• Manage all third-party procurement spend at assigned site(s).
• Build strong relationships with Account Directors, Plant Operations, and Maintenance Managers to support operational and capital procurement.
• Ensure procurement policies and processes are followed to minimise risks and drive cost-effectiveness.
• Oversee procurement for maintenance and engineering projects, including shutdowns and capital investments.
• Conduct tendering, supplier selection, contract negotiation, and implementation.
• Work closely with Category Managers to align site-level procurement with strategic sourcing goals.
• Support the management of key procurement categories, including engineering and technical procurement, non-engineering procurement, and site-specific services.
• Provide spend analysis and cost-saving initiatives, targeting savings on site procurement.
• Monitor and improve supplier performance, ensuring contract compliance and service delivery.
• Mitigate supply chain risks and ensure compliance with procurement regulations and ethical standards.

What We Are Looking For

Qualifications

• Degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• CIPS qualification (or working towards) preferred.
• Additional training in contract law, supplier management, or project procurement is advantageous.

Skills and Experience

• Strong negotiation and supplier management skills.
• Experience managing procurement for CAPEX projects and technical services.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing abilities.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple procurement projects simultaneously.
• Experience working in procurement within engineering, construction, waste, or energy sectors (desirable).

Our Business
At Thalia Waste Management, we are creating a future to be proud of. We think differently, questioning everything, enabling us to develop progressive waste into energy solutions and services. Being motivated, tackling problems together, inspiring others to take responsibility, making a difference, being ambitious and contributing value. We operate the best technology available across our four strategic sites in North Yorkshire, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Wight. Our technology includes everything from mechanical and biological treatment, traditional mass-burn energy from waste and material recycling technologies to in-vessel composting, advanced thermal treatment, innovative small-scale energy from waste and anaerobic digestion. In a single year we process 300,000 tonnes of waste that is turned into energy. This generates the same amount of energy as approximately 600 million solar panels. Similarly we recycle circa 95,000 tonnes of waste.

Inclusion
At Thalia Waste Management, we work hard to make sure we are an inclusive and diverse place to work. This means we don’t just look at your CV, we’re focused on who you are, your skills and passion that can be brought to Thalia Waste Management. We know and understand that everyone is different and has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working and any adjustments that could be needed! We’ll do all that we can to support everyone from their first contact with us. For any support or adjustments needed through our recruitment process, please speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. As a Disability Confident Employer, we will make sure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Allerton Waste Recovery Park, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom