Senior Buyer

Overview

Oversee procurement and supplier negotiations for the Lower Thames Crossing construction.

Key Responsibilities

• team supervision
• performance reporting
• rfp preparation
• negotiations
• tender management
• market analysis

Tasks

-Provide supervision to Direct reports including buyers / graduate buyers in relation to procurement process activities assigned to them (as per stages detailed above) -Provide regular reports on procurement and supplier performance -Preparation of request for proposals and quotations -Conducting final negotiations with selected suppliers in order to enable the preparation of contracts/orders and compliance with BBV procurement governance -Carrying out the procurement process for complex packages in accordance with LTC procurement & supply chain management strategy in relation to the following: -Supporting the procurement and estimating and commercial teams with tendering, market analysis, supplier selection, risk and opportunity assessments, forecasting requirements -Understand the supplier market, keeping abreast of market developments, demand trends and risks -Make shortlist recommendations to the Procurement Manager and project team, highlighting distinguishing factors between suppliers and the rationale behind recommendations -Assessing value (using Most Economically Advantageous Tender or Social Value evaluation techniques) -Monitor the supply market to identify potential new suppliers and products and meet with suppliers to understand their products -Carrying out commercial checks for suppliers and past performance -Evaluation and analysis of supplier responses (both quantative and qualitative) -Conducting negotiations to enable the shortlisting of suppliers -Preparation and Issuing of ITT Documentation

Requirements

• mcips
• microsoft office
• erp
• supply chain
• procurement
• stakeholder management

What You Bring

-Demonstrates excellent written and verbal skills -Customer focussed -Substantial experience of complex procurement processes within a construction related environment -An understanding of legal frameworks and contract law (NEC) -Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) -MCIPS qualification or degree or similar equivalent (or working towards) -Stakeholder management skills -The ability to adopt a pragmatic, yet disciplined approach to process compliance -Proven track record in managing supplier relationships, negotiation and process compliance -Knowledge of procurement ERP and e-tendering systems (e.g. Oracle, Jaggaer or similar) -Supply Chain Management Experience

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Benefits

-Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more -Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave -Scores of other Balfour Beatty opportunities available as well via our balfourbeattycareers.com portal. -25 days annual leave -A whole host of other BB staff employee bens (discounts, exclusive offers etc) -Pension savings schemes -An attractive / negotiated salary -25 days paid annual leave (pro rata) -Refer a friend bonus scheme

About Balfour Beatty Plc

-It finances, designs, constructs and maintains roads, rail, energy plants, water systems, buildings and communities. -Active across the UK, US, Hong Kong and Canada, it's known for ventures like HS2, Crossrail and major highway upgrades. -Known for innovation, it uses digital tools, off-site manufacturing and automated plant to enhance safety and efficiency. -An unusual highlight: it pioneered the Automated Cone Laying Machine, boosting roadworker safety on live highways.

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