Euan Granger
Function: Supply Chain
Industry: Construction
Category: Construction & Engineering
Level of responsibility: Senior
Procurement system: Other
About me
My career has taken many a winding turn, has had many bumps in the road, and the occasional dead end, but there is still a vast amount I want to learn and do in Procurement and Supply Chain.
My current role allows me to spend much more time with Supplier and Stakeholder Management, as well as actively helping drive strategies for sourcing in a way that's sustainable, ethical and drives social value.
But I still want to share my knowledge and experience, so I'm still writing for Procurious on any topics that pique my interest!
Work Experience
Partnerships Manager
Procurious
August 2014 - October 2015 (1 year, 2 months) | Glasgow & London
Part of the Procurious team, managing the relationships between the site and team and the wider users. Focusing on getting organisations involved in order to increase the richness of content on the site, as well as providing the organisations with a forum to share information and experience.
Supply Chain Advisor/Lead
BAE Systems Surface Ships
June 2012 - August 2013 (1 year, 2 months) | Glasgow, United Kingdom
• Contract Manager for the purchase and supply of Pipe and Pipe Fitting commodity materials for the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier Programme (contract value circa £40m)
• Includes supplier management, contract negotiation and daily cross-functional meeting and support for the UK-wide build programme.
• Includes mentoring of Supply Chain Assistant within purchasing team
• Contract Manager for all internal manufactured items for QEC Carrier Programme – include creation and implementation of Procurement cradle to grave Supply Chain related processes incorporating HSE covering UK build programme
• Continued responsibility for raw material purchasing (contract value circa £1.5m)
Supply Chain Advisor
BAE Systems Surface Ships
August 2010 - June 2012 (1 year, 10 months) | Glasgow, United Kingdom
• Contract Manager for all internal manufactured items for QEC Carrier Programme – include creation and implementation of Procurement cradle to grave Supply Chain related processes incorporating HSE covering UK build programme.
• Responsible for Raw material purchasing (contract value circa £1.5m)
• Contract Manager for various C Class Commodity contracts, including Electrical Control Panels, Master Key Locking System, Warning Signs (value circa £10m)
• Reporting and managing all NCs, ECRs and BoM change for C1 Team.
• Supply Chain representative on Work Redistribution Forum – to implement strategy of transfer of work between UK sites within cross-functional team, including purchase and supply of raw materials
• Supply Chain representative on Work Redistribution Forum – to implement strategy of transfer of work between UK sites within cross-functional team, including purchase and supply of raw materials
• Supply Chain representative at Performance Readiness Review for transfer of work scope between UK sites. Continuing resposibility for Supply Chain issues as part of new project team
Supply Chain Graduate
BAE Systems Surface Ships
September 2009 - August 2010 (11 months) | Glasgow, United Kingdom
• Contract Manager for Type 45 Programme B Class Contracts worth circa £8m
• Contract Manager for Type 45 Programme A Class (High Value) contract worth approx £10-12m
• Implementation of ‘Visualisation’ communication tool for BAE Supply Chain
• Set up Surface Ships wide internal audit process for Supply Chain Governance
• Surface Ships representative on Sustainable Procurement Working Group – resulting in creation of Sustainable Procurement policy and processes to bring unit in line with corporate strategy
Procurement Graduate
BAE Systems Global Combat Systems
September 2008 - September 2009 (1 year) | Glasgow, United Kingdom
• Responsible for consolidation of UK wide Fastener supplier consolidation programme
• Creation of tender request for supply of Fasteners to Global Combat Systems
• Development and management of KPIs for Procurement Centre of Excellence
• GCS contact responsible for Exostar e-Procurement tool including training and development of Procurement function
• GCS representative on Sustainable Procurement Working Group
• Management of Supplier Performance Metrics for GCS
Analyst
The Faculty Management Consultants
October 2013 - July 2014 (9 months) | Melbourne
• Managed and delivered training programmes to blue chip organisations across Australia
• Delivered training in a cross-cultural situation at an overseas site for a global Resource organisation
• Development and delivery of training programmes for Contract Management, Category Management, Cost Management and Supplier Relationship Management
• Assisted in the design, development and launch of a tailored capability assessment consultancy tool for procurement functions
• Support Australian-based consultancy projects for Resource and Oil & Gas organisations
• Development of procurement frameworks for Category Management and Source to Award projects and supporting documentation
• Development of Statement of Work and framework for market engagement activity relating to supplier survey for global Resource organisation
• Assisted with procurement function restructuring project delivery and training development for international health organisation
Community and Content Manager
Procurious
October 2015 - February 2017 (1 year, 4 months) | Glasgow & London
A shift in direction and something a bit new for me! The new role involved managing the Procurious community, in order to ensure that all our users get the best possible experience when they are on the site. This includes troubleshooting any issues and answering any and all questions that come my way.
I'm also responsible as the Content Editor for the Procurious blog for the management of a diverse and dispersed stakeholder group of guest writers, contributors and bloggers. Our aim is to maintain current volume and quality of content articles - contact me if you want to contribute! I frequently write original content for the site and ensure that our global social media community (32,500 and counting...) are able to access this content across a variety of platforms.
Category Manager
Glasgow City Council
February 2017 - August 2019 (2 years, 6 months) | Glasgow, United Kingdom
Senior Buyer, Strategic
SMD Soil Machine Dynamics
August 2019 - Present (5 years, 3 months) | Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Head of Supply Chain
Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd
February 2022 - March 2023 (1 year, 1 month) | Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
Head of Supply Chain
Morgan Sindall Construction
January 2024 - Present (10 months) | Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Deputy Head of Supply Chain
Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd
March 2023 - August 2023 (5 months) | Newcastlee-upon-Tynee
Education
Strathclyde University
MSc
2011 - 2013
Subjects (2011/12)
Advanced Project Management; Enterprise Resource Planning; Management Of Total Quality And Continuous Improvement; Organisational Buying Behaviour;
People, Organisation And Technology; Strategic Procurement Management; Supply Chain Operations
Subjects (2012/13)
Business Operations And Supply Chain Strategy; Case Studies In Supply Chain Management; Masters Project; Product Costing And Financial Management; Strategic Supply Chain Management
Master's Dissertation - Examine the Impact of Sustainable Procurement on Financial and Cultural aspects of organisations within the UK Public and Private sectors
The University of Glasgow
MA (Hons)
2003 - 2007
Honours Subjects:
Financial Management; International Strategy; Managing Complex Change; Project Management; Strategic Management; Strategic Marketing
Other Subjects:
Italian; Spanish; Entrepreneurship
Activities and Societies: University Cricket Team
Skills
Capability Assessment
Contract Management
Contract Negotiation
Cost Management
Cost Optimisation
Delivery Performance
Innovation
Lean Management
Purchasing
Quotations
Strategic Sourcing
Supplier Development
Supplier Negotiation
Supplier Quality
Supplier Relationship Management
Supplier Sourcing
Supply Chain
Sustainability
Sustainable Development
Tender Evaluation
Tender Management
Tender Packages
Training Delivery