A industry-leading civil engineering business, providing innovative engineering solutions across a wide range of sectors including maritime, flood risk management, defence, energy, water and regeneration, is seeking a Senior Buyer / Procurment manager for the SW region
based in the South West where the opportunity to work on sites in and around Plymouth as regional office in Exeter.
Role purpose:
To establish, maintain and improve the control and effectiveness of the buying function in line with Company policy and Business objectives
Key Accountabilities:
* Develop bid list and complete due diligence of proposed Subcontractors for associated Tender/Procurement packages for sign of by Project Team and Procurement Manager
* Develop Tender/Project Procurement Strategy in collaboration with the Project Team, identifying risk and opportunities and leveraging to obtain best value.
* Develop and Manage in collaboration with the Project Team, the Tender/Project Procurement Schedule
* Collate Tender/Project sub-contract and materials enquiries for assessment and use by Estimator/ Site Management team.
* Manage the return of timely quotations, complete full best value analysis and propose recommendation in conjunction with Project Team for approval.
* Lead package negotiations with supply chain
* Arrange and lead Supplier/Subcontractor meetings incl mid-tender, post tender and final negotiation meetings.
* Arrange and chair Pre-let Meeting prior to Subcontract award.
* Internal Governance checks, ensuring the correct use of documents (i.e order templates, REQ forms etc.)
* Chair regular Project Procurement reviews for both Subcontract Packages and Materials ensuring completeness of programme dates, Tender allowances, order values and meeting notes/actions
* Support Projects ensuring Subcontract/Supplier performance meets their requirements and act as mediator to help deliver a positive outcome should a Supply Chain dispute arise
* New Supplier/Subcontractor onboarding including all due diligence
* Have a good knowledge of local supply chain, capacity and capability.
* Have an awareness of business objectives and internal policy and apply to Project Procurement where required
* Work in line with HSEQS procedures and objectives.
* Manage the implementation of supply chain / supplier agreements including Mini Fwks and preferred supplier agreements
* Working with Supply Chain to build relationships, obtain market intelligence and market innovation/product development
* Performance management of Supply Chain including 360 reviews, lesson learned etc
* Ensuring and maintaining correct document management & storage.
Experience:
* Experience of working within heavy Civil Engineering and working in Procurement
* Holding or working towards a CIPS Professional Qualification
* Demonstrate sound knowledge of Civils/Construction industry and Procurement experience in subcontract and supplier markets in Construction sector
* Be computer literate and able to work with words. Excel Teams plus bespoke accounting, database and document storage packages.
* Capable of working on their own initiative with minimal supervision
* Competent Sub-contract knowledge of different type of forms of Contract
* Extensive knowledge of trades and materials in Civil Engineering / Construction
* Good commercial and analytical skills with proven capability of managing workload proficiently
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