Overview
Senior Buyer
Plymouth
Devon
Salary: Up to 65000
A leading UK Infrastructure and Civils based contractor has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Buyer to join their team in the South West. This company has a very large project pipeline across the South West and is looking for a Senior Buyer to join their team and assist the procurement for what is set to be a very busy period.
Responsibilities
* To establish, maintain and improve the control and effectiveness of the buying function in line with Company policy and Business objectives.
* 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
Qualifications
* Minimum 5 years working in Procurement
* Holding or working towards a CIPS Professional Qualification
Technical ability
* 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.
* Competent Sub-contract knowledge of different type of forms of Contract
* Extensive knowledge of trades and materials in Civil Engineering
* Good commercial and analytical skills with proven capability of managing workload proficiently
* Excellent communication and negotiations and work under pressure to tight deadlines.
If this role is of interest please contact sarah.strippel@buildrec.com and/or call 07449947554
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