Head of Procurement and Supply Chain - Sustainable Procurement & Strategic Relationship Management

The Procurement and Supply Chain Management function is responsible for the interface with those third-party organisations who support our business whether that be for procurement of goods and services or the relationship management that underpins any such activities.  They support project delivery teams across the sectors to ensure the strategic direction is identified and delivered.

The Head of P&SC- Sustainable Procurement (SP) & Strategic Relationship Management (SRM) will report to the Director of Procurement and Supply Chain (P&SC) and will be part of the functional leadership team. The candidate will be responsible for designing the sustainable & responsible procurement strategy and the strategic relationship management strategy (SRM) plan. 

In addition, the postholder will devise and implement a robust strategic roadmap with associated improvement plans to achieve our ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) targets to be flowed down to our strategic suppliers. This role is a key enabler to ensuring we are fully compliant with all regulatory requirements and that we accelerate our transition to net zero greenhouse gas emissions whilst simultaneously setting and measuring appropriate ESG targets with our key suppliers. 

The individual will work closely in a matrix structure with the Procurement Category teams as well as the Group Environmental Director and Group Corporate Responsibility Director and their respective teams. The postholder will be a key member of the various internal ESG governance groups in place and may also be expected to interact and represent Costain in relevant external ESG groups. 

This role offers an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact, driving efficiency, sustainability, and innovation within the procurement and supply chain functions.

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.