Are you ready to be part of something bigger—something built to last? As a
Buyer
working on the M25 network, one of the UK’s most critical transport infrastructures, you’ll be contributing to a major project with
15 years of planned activity still ahead. This role offers more than day-to-day responsibilities—it offers a long-term, stable career where you can grow, innovate, and truly make an impact. In this pivotal position, you’ll play a key role in
shaping the future of the supply chain
for Connect Plus Services (CPS), who manage National Highways Area 5. Supporting Procurement Managers, you’ll help develop smart, forward-thinking supplier strategies that align with customer priorities and unlock real value. From procuring essential packages to managing risk and building effective supplier relationships, your decisions will help keep the network running efficiently and sustainably. This is your opportunity to work on a legacy project, gain deep procurement expertise, and grow within a collaborative, high-performing team. If you’re looking for a role that brings
challenge, career development, and long-term security, this is your moment to make it count. What You’ll Be Doing
As a
Buyer, you’ll be a vital part of a dynamic procurement team helping to shape the future of the M25—one of the UK’s most important infrastructure projects. You’ll contribute to a high-performing, people-focused environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and growth. In this exciting and purpose-driven role, you will: Support procurement strategy and delivery
by assisting with tendering, supplier selection, market analysis, and risk/opportunity reviews. Evaluate and build supplier relationships
through commercial checks, past performance reviews, and a focus on value, quality, and service. Help shape procurement plans
and packaging strategies that are smart, efficient, and aligned with best practices from our Parent Companies. Maintain and manage the supplier database, including market insights, prequalification status, and bid performance tracking. Collaborate across teams, especially with Parent Company Procurement, to monitor key markets and commodities and apply shared insights. Develop Framework Agreements —from engagement and negotiation to pricing and recommendation—ensuring every deal delivers value. Champion supplier diversity and inclusion
by supporting local, diverse, and SME engagement strategies, and taking part in community outreach such as Meet the Buyer events. Promote innovation and improvement, fostering long-term supplier partnerships that drive continuous value for money and service excellence. Who We’re Looking For – Key Requirements
We’re looking for a collaborative, detail-focused professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment. To succeed in this role, you’ll bring: Experience drafting
NEC ECS and TSS subcontracts Familiarity with
e-tendering platforms
such as Jaggaer Strong grasp of
commercial impacts
and procurement decisions A thoughtful, value-driven approach to
decision-making The ability to
stay focused and perform under pressure Commitment to
accuracy, consistency, and attention to detail Basic understanding of
financial and accounting principles
to support sound judgement Confidence to work both
independently and as part of a team Effective
negotiation skills
with internal and external stakeholders Why Work for Us? At Connect Plus Services (CPS), you’ll be part of a world-class team maintaining and operating the M25, Europe’s busiest motorway. As a joint venture between Balfour Beatty, Atkins, and Egis, we play a vital role in keeping millions of journeys moving safely and efficiently. A Career Like No Other Working on the M25 offers unrivalled experience, challenges, and opportunities that no other highways project can provide. You’ll be exposed to cutting-edge technology, large-scale infrastructure, and complex engineering solutions, making every day dynamic and rewarding. Long-Term Stability & Growth With 15+ years remaining on this project, we offer career stability, professional development, and progression opportunities. Whether you’re looking to build new skills or take the next step in your career, we invest in your growth. A Supportive & Inclusive Team At CPS, your contributions matter. We foster a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative work environment where safety, innovation, and teamwork drive everything we do. Inspiring : Champions curiosity and continuous improvement, role modelling change and managing risks to achieve project outcomes. Energising: Role models positive and energised project focussed attitudes towards and continuous improvement. Challenging : seeks and advocates improvements to add value and drive continuous performance. Challengeable : Encourage a culture of skilled challenging and seek to understand and explore challenge to enable improvement. Influencing : Builds commitment and consensus, and role models CPS leadership behaviours to deliver our goals. About us CPS is a joint venture between Balfour Beatty, Atkins, and Egis. At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence ‘Employer Recognition Scheme’ and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans, and reservists. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. This is a hybrid role designed to fully maximize team collaboration on the project, we offer flexible working where you will typically be working from your base CPS office, Leatherhead, Dartford or South Mimms up to three days per week and two days from home. Note to all internal CPS employees: If you are interested in applying, please submit your application through your parent company’s careers portal by entering the job title in the search bar. If your employing company is not advertising this role, please submit your CV and the role title to recruitment@connectplusm25.co.uk
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