Job Introduction
Senior Procurement Manager – Technology the successful Buyer will be responsible for reviewing, approving and reporting on operational buying activities, ensuring alignment with Tarmac Buying Policy. The Buyer is required to manage procurement compliance and engage with a range of stakeholders across operational and functional teams. You will undertake the delivery of tactical sourcing activity for local business spend opportunities in Tarmac aligning with procurement category strategies for Tarmac and CRH.
What You’ll Be Doing
In this role, you as the successful Buyer will be carrying out a range of activities which will include supporting for sourcing requirements and contract compliance. Furthermore, your role will comprise of the following duties and responsibilities (not exhaustive):
* Managing transactional buying desk activities and supporting wider strategic category management
* Approving and reviewing purchase requisitions
* Working on the management of supplier accreditation
* Supporting local category sourcing that continuously improves suppliers’ and contractors’ compliance with Safety, Health & Environment and Corporate & Social Responsibility standards
* Working closely with category managers and business units to establish and deliver procurement requirements
* Working on purchase card data & reporting
* Ensuring products and services are purchased in the most cost and time‑efficient manner, delivering ‘agile’ solutions to implement and ensure purchasing best practices
* Evaluating, retendering, renegotiating or extending contracts and suppliers in order to facilitate tactical and strategic sourcing with relevant stakeholders
* Deliver additional value to Tarmac operational buying activities
* Monitoring and challenging non‑compliant buying activities
* Please note that this position is for a 12‑month fixed‑term contract
What We Are Looking For
* Ideally educated to degree level in a business or technical discipline
* Ideally MCIPS qualified.
* Experience in tactical/operational buying
* Ideally experienced in category management
* Experience in multiple industry sectors considered a plus
Why Tarmac?
You’ll be joining a collaborative, innovative team. We offer opportunities to grow, take ownership, and work on impactful projects across our organisation and the broader CRH Group.
Benefits
In addition to the role of Buyer, we also offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry‑leading rewards, incentives and benefits including:
* Bonus scheme
* Enhanced holiday entitlement
* Contributory pension scheme
* Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
* Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
* Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc. (REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female voice and menopause
* Training and development opportunities
Interested? Why not click here to find out more? Go on… are you ready to build your future?
Tarmac, a CRH company, is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
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Job Reference tarmac/TP/39940/7653
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