Subcontract Manager

Company: QUINTESSENTIAL BRANDS UK GROUP LTD
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Location: Cambridge
Job Description:

  • Employee Type Full Time

Why join Marshall Land Systems in this role:

A Purchasing & Supply Chain team member who is part of a cross functional project team, alongside other project roles accountable for managing and reporting all supplier and subcontractor delivery performance (cost, quality and delivery).

A key aspect of this position will be to ensure that material cost is managed to the budget baseline and supplier/subcontractor compliance is managed to ensure delivery of contractual deliverables and identifying and mitigating all risks that may affect this.

Job Description

  • Manage the relationship with all key suppliers across the project.
  • Ensure clear alignment between Marshall and all Suppliers on all key contractual deliverables and documentation as Terms and Conditions, Statement of Work and Schedule of requirements.
  • Facilitate regular project reviews with all appropriate suppliers invited all necessary functional leaders as required.
  • Manage any non-compliances of suppliers to the contract seeking specialist support from the Bid Procurement Team or Category Team as required.
  • Tracking and regularly review supply and supplier risks against the programme.
  • Provide monthly subcontractor performance status reports to Head of Subcontract management project managers.
  • Ensuring all suppliers execute their responsibilities under the contract.
  • Validate and approve supplier payments in accordance with the contract.

Tasks

  • Develop and sustain strong relationships with all key project, business and functional stakeholders.
  • Provide weekly 4-Box reports detailing Successes Opportunities Failures and Threats (SOFT) to project managers and Head of Subcontract Management.

Apply if you have most of the following

  • Strong Communication Skills
  • Awareness of Project Management
  • Strong Negotiator
  • Strong Commercial acumen
  • Ability to multi-task
  • At least 5 years of experience in project and/or subcontractor management
  • Awareness of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software ideally IFS
  • Successful track record of managing a variety of suppliers / contracts
  • Cross functional working
  • International supplier management
  • APM certified – an advantage
  • CIPS – not essential

The benefits we will offer you include:

  • 27 days holiday increasing with service up to 30 days (option to buy /sell).
  • Pension contributions up to 9%.
  • Private medical insurance.
  • Extensive flexible benefit program including Cycle to Work.
  • Life assurance at 4x basic salary.
  • Enhanced parental leave and pay.
  • Access to industry leading wellbeing resources and tools.

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Posted: July 8th, 2026