Sustainable Procurement Manager
Sustainable Procurement Manager
Location: Sale or Dartford - national role - some travel will be required to our project sites.
Laing O'Rourke are looking for a Sustainable Procurement Manager to lead the integration of sustainability across high-value procurement activities. You will ensure sustainability requirements are embedded from sourcing strategy through to contract award, supplier performance, and assurance.
Working alongside Procurement Managers, you will combine commercial expertise with sustainability leadership to manage risk, drive value, and meet growing client and regulatory expectations.
Key Responsibilities
Sustainable Procurement Delivery
- Embed sustainability requirements across tendering, evaluation, and supplier management.
- Define minimum standards for critical procurement activity.
- Identify and resolve sustainability-related risks impacting delivery or compliance.
Procurement Enablement & Governance
- Coach and influence procurement teams to build capability.
- Act as the key interface between Sustainability and Procurement.
- Support governance, ensuring policy translates into effective delivery.
Supplier Engagement & Responsible Sourcing
- Lead supplier engagement on environmental, social, and ethical standards.
- Drive adoption of Responsible Sourcing Protocols.
- Ensure high-quality, audit-ready supplier evidence.
Performance & Assurance
- Monitor KPIs and oversee sustainable procurement performance.
- Provide insights to support strategy, risk reduction, and continuous improvement.
About You
Essential Skills & Experience
- Experience in procurement, supply chain, or commercial roles.
- Proven ability to embed requirements into live procurement and contracts.
- Strong knowledge of sustainable procurement (aligned with ISO 20400).
- Skilled at influencing stakeholders in complex environments.
Qualifications
- MCIPS (or working towards) or equivalent.
- Sustainability qualification (e.g. IEMA) or relevant experience.
This is a great opportunity to shape sustainable procurement practices, influence supply chains, and deliver measurable impact at scale.
About Us
Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and let us know if you require any adjustments for the interview process.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com
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