Location
London, with hybrid working model including three days per week in the office. Role can also be based from one of our main UK hubs including Derby, Newcastle, Birmingham, Leeds, or Warrington.

Hours
Full Time, Permanent

Salary
Competitive salary package

About the Role
Balfour Beatty is seeking an Assistant Supply Chain Manager to join our Power Transmission & Distribution business. You will lead defined supply chain workstreams to strengthen capacity, capability, and resilience across Power T&D. Working closely with operational, procurement, and commercial teams, you will translate business and project requirements into practical supplier, market, and sourcing solutions. This role offers a visible and varied opportunity for a proactive and passionate supply chain professional who enjoys building strong relationships, understanding project needs, and turning insight into action. You will take ownership of your workstreams from initial analysis and supplier engagement through to implementation, ensuring our supply chain is well positioned to support successful project delivery.

Key responsibilities include:
- Building, managing, and deepening strategic relationships with key suppliers to support business growth
- Using data and insights to develop and present clear strategies enabling informed business decisions
- Conducting market analysis and risk assessments to ensure a resilient and sustainable supply chain
- Supporting development of supply chain strategies and action plans for projects, programmes, regions, or priority work packages
- Engaging suppliers through research, RFIs, capability assessments, and developing new market options
- Leading early supplier engagement and alternative delivery initiatives to improve programme certainty, resilience, and value
- Collaborating cross-functionally with Operations, Commercial, Engineering, Safety, Quality, and Sustainability teams to progress agreed outcomes

Join us and contribute to delivering some of the UK’s most ambitious and meaningful infrastructure projects that support national economies and strengthen communities. We offer a flexible working environment, competitive benefits, and the opportunity to shape a package that suits your life and career goals.

Experience
Proven experience in building and managing supplier and stakeholder relationships within a complex, fast-growing environment. Strong project management skills and experience leading change initiatives.

About you
Proactive and transparent communicator comfortable raising challenges early and collaborating on solutions. Strategic thinker with the ability to use information and data to develop actionable strategies and influence business decisions. Demonstrated interest in learning, personal development, and progressing within supply chain management or related fields. Digital fluency with proficiency in digital procurement and performance management systems.

Qualifications
MCIPS qualification or working towards it is advantageous.