Procurement & Contracts Manager

About the role

Energise Your Career with Framatome UK - Powering a Safer, Smarter Nuclear Future Framatome is a global leader in nuclear energy, recognised for delivering innovative, value-added technologies that design, build, maintain, and advance the world's nuclear fleet. With 20,000 employees in over 70 locations worldwide, we provide components, fuel, and control systems for nuclear power plants, along with a full suite of reactor services - all focused on improving safety, performance, and sustainability. Backed by EDF Group (80.5%) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (19.5%), we're driving the future of clean energy. Here in the UK, our team is already 400 strong - and growing. As we expand our service offerings across the UK nuclear industry, we're aiming to reach 600 dedicated professionals in 2026. Now's your chance to join a company that's shaping the energy transition - where your expertise will matter, your growth will be supported, and your work will help power generations to come. As the Procurement & Contracts Manager, you will own the procurement strategy and approach for high-value and strategic procurement activity across design, manufacture, install and commissioning projects. You will also have responsiblity for indirect expenditure, and associated category management approaches, including professional services. The Procurement & Contracts Manager is responsible for ensuring that the company has a clear strategy on the purchasing of goods and services, and enhancing the approved supplier register, in consultation with other company departments. The Procurement & Contracts Manager ensures that procurement activity and project tendering is delivered in line with our processes and procedures to meet company objectives and improve safety, delivery, quality, innovation and cost. The Procurement & Contracts has responsibility for the procurement team from a strategy setting, scope allocation, process implementation, training and development perspective. The Procurement and Contracts Manager is capable to negotiate terms and conditions with their legal collegues and is able to provide contractual advise to the business in both setting up contracts / procurement and in delivery of contracts, support in the event of disputes. Key Activities: - Create, implement and review procurement strategies that are innovative, cost-effective, and incorporate the growing complexities and challenges within industry; - Ownership and continuous improvement of procurement procedures and process; - Define objectives related to the performance of the procurement process and procedures; - Review of data and KPIs support the efficiency of the procurement function; - Identify strategic partners, build and maintain long-term relationships and contracts with suppliers in the industry; - Understand tenders, projects' needs and proposed adapted strategies to get quotes delivering these needs (deliver and manage RFQs); - Day to day management of the upstream procurement process and function - including team development and training - Lead negotiation on price and terms and consitions (with legal) to deliver value; - Lead the Tenders and Projects team on the best route to market; - Lead transformation initiatives aimed to build procurement organisational capabilities and improve procurement efficiency; - Management of logistics, as well as weights, dimentions, etc; - Preparation of forecasts on changes in the market or price as well as on the companies own demands; - Management of Purchase Orders & compliance and support internal and external audit - Negotiate terms and conditions with suppliers to ensure a strong commercial position for Framatome and advise the business on contractual positions - Stakeholder management with other functions of Framatome Ltd for Supply Chain awareness and effectiveness Training & Development Expectations: - Educated to Degree level and above - knowledge of SAP - Expereinced in reviewing, writing and negotiating contracts and model form contracts i.e. NEC - Experience in managing claims and disputes with suppliers through formal and informal means - MCIPS qualified - Management experience across multiple demands - 5+ years in a procurement/ Supply chain leadership role Person Specification: - Experience major projects & multiple scope/ category procurement - Experience of highly regulated industries. - Good negotiating skills - Good Knowledge of material procurement. - Good knowledge of service contracts - Strong commercial and contractual accument, able to easily de-mistify contract clauses and educate people on commercial clauses in contracts - Strong communication skills and ability to influence/ present internally and external