Senior Buyer

Department: Commercial

Reports to: Procurement Manager

Management Responsibility: Buyers

Key importance: We need someone with experience in subcontract tenders, negotiation and drafting especially anyone with NEC experience.

Key Skills and qualifications:

• Ideally previous experience on a construction project, however this is not essential.
• Industry-related qualifications are desirable and/or CIPS or equivalent.
• Knowledge of Supply chain principles, procedures and methods.
• Proven analytical, problem solving and organisational skills.
• Competent in supplier selection and evaluation.
• Excellent verbal communication, negotiation and engagement skills.
• Ability to manage diverse internal and external stakeholder parties to achieve successful project outcomes.

Key Relationships:

• Procurement & Supply Chain Management Team.
• Site Operatives.
• Internal and external stakeholders.

Key responsibilities:

• Supporting the Procurement Manager for a section of works managing the tender, award and recommendation of works packages and orders.
• To act as the face of the client and ensure that all communication/negotiations/interactions with the supply chain are carried out in the spirit of our values and Procurement & Supply Chain vision.
• To carry out procurement to the highest ethical standard at all times.
• Ensuring that procurement exercises are made against value- based procurement decisions, as opposed to purely lowest cost.
• To ensure that internal stakeholders are engaged in the process throughout and endorse any recommendations.
• To prepare and deliver internal presentations to key stakeholders articulating package strategies and award recommendations.
• Possession of excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Excellent written skills and capable of drafting formal contract documents.
• Interfacing with internal and external stakeholders.
• Providing procurement support as directed by the Procurement Manager.
• Assisting in and supervising the Procurement of goods and services activities as directed by the Procurement Manager.
• Administering basic supplier contracts.
• Assisting in the implementation of supplier contracts.
• Liaising with the Procurement Manager in areas of commercial operations.
• Assisting in the development of internal procedures and documents.
• Helping to drive better procurement practice across the client and communicating opportunities to achieve a better value for money.