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Senior Buyer

3 months ago

Warrington, Warrington, United Kingdom Balfour Beatty Full time

About the role
Our innovative thinking shapes our industry; equipping the world for tomorrow's challenges.

Join our
Enabling Functions team as a
Buyer supporting our Regional Civils business unit and you can contribute to tangible, worthwhile work you can be proud of

What you'll be doing
As a
Buyer, you will have the following accountabilities:

  • Ensure that project requirements are met and high quality, value for money contracts are negotiated to deliver efficiencies and meet saving targets. Centrally record cost savings/benefits after agreement with project and finance
  • Negotiation of terms, conditions and prices against tender allowances/targets
  • Process requisition orders and raise Purchase Orders in line with company procedures and delegated levels of authorities
  • Complete a full evaluation of tender responses and compile award recommendations for approval, taking account of the total value of ownership
  • Carrying out due diligence and commercial checks for supply partners in accordance with business governance
  • Establish performance led, long term supplier relationships focusing on value for money, service & product quality and continuous improvement to drive competitive advantage for Balfour Beatty
  • Provide procurement support for estimating and work winning opportunities for the Business Unit
  • Work cross
- functionally with all departments to drive and deliver HSQE+S principles and commercial objectives

  • Proactively build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders in order to identify opportunities to add value and collaborate, to solve business problems.
  • Support the implementation and delivery of direct business unit and wider group procurement and supply chain initiatives.
  • Promoting and utilising group procurement agreements.

Who we're looking for

The following experience/qualifications are required:

  • Highly results orientated (proven track record of exceeding targets)
  • Problem solving skills, ability to use own initiative to identify areas of improvement & propose solutions.
  • Able to prioritise with support a challenging workload of competing priorities.
  • Good understanding of how to run end to end procurement projects from market research, through sourcing, to contract and supplier management.
  • Results orientated with the ability to plan and deliver against bid / project milestones.
  • Experience in negotiating commercial deals and contractual terms and conditions.
  • Analytical, numerically astute with strong proven problemsolving abilities
  • Commercially and financially aware with welldeveloped negotiating skills
  • Strong communication, interpersonal and influencing skills.
  • Able to quickly learn and work with new processes and IT systems.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.


About us
Balfour Beattys Enabling Functions includes our centralised HR, IT, Procurement, Finance, Health & Safety, Sustainability and Comms teams. Together we support Balfour Beatty to deliver projects on behalf of our clients. We operate according to our Build to Last values of Lean, Expert, Trusted, Safe and Sustainable.


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.


Job Reference:
BBUK04902