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.