Buyer

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Network Rail Full time

Buyer - C&P

**Location**:
London, GB

**Department Name**:
London Stratford

**About Network Rail**:
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**Role Type**:Full Time Permanent

**Location**: London Stratford (this role could also be based in Derby or York)

**Closing date**: 21st February 2023

**Salary**: circa £25,000 with London allowance of £3,200

**About Network Rail**:
Network Rail has played a key role in keeping the country moving during the coronavirus pandemic - and we will play an equally important part in rebuilding from it.

We get people where they need to be, whether they are commuting to work, visiting friends or family, or going for a night out.

We make millions of lives better every day and have a vital job in driving the economy and prosperity of the nation

Over the coming years we will be building and improving crucial rail links between the country’s biggest cities, making our services faster, more comfortable, and more reliable for the people who rely on us.

We’re also changing our organisation to put the passenger at the heart of everything we do, to make our people even prouder to work for us and to be recognised as a true leader in our industry.

In joining Network Rail, you’re not only joining an organisation with a vital role to play for the country, but also a team of more than 40,000 people, and a business dedicated to being one of Britain’s best employers.

The **Eastern Region Sourcing Team** prides itself on continuous improvement and a learning culture, where opportunities to deliver sourcing events can be tailored to career development programmes, and where individuals with the right skills, enthusiasm and behaviours can make a real impact to the commercial, supply chain and governance approaches we take in the region. Furthermore, we are part of the solution to addressing wider industry targets in our business, such as sustainable supply chains or carbon net zero targets, therefore no one day need be the same

At a high level, the sourcing team in Eastern covers:

- Regional activities
- Providing strategies to deliver goods, services or works that benefit the whole region, from commercial services frameworks to trackside security
- Route support
- Ensures each of the 4 routes within the region has an ambitious but realistic sourcing strategy aligned to its business needs and dealing with everything from reactive maintenance requirements to building of new depots
- Capital delivery procurement
- Provide expertise and sourcing solutions for all renewals and enhancements activities within the region, from replacement bridges to multi-million-pound electrification programmes with DfT involvement

**Brief Description**:
As a **Buyer** you will deliver outstanding customer service to our stakeholders and support Putting Passengers First at Network Rail. Join us on our journey of Continuous Improvement to look at ways in which we can further develop our capability, capacity, quality, and service offerings. You will work within the governance and assurance of the Eastern Region to provide a high-quality service that does not import risk. You will also work with our customers and stakeholders to identify procurement strategies, options and ways of obtaining value for money and timely proposals across a broad range of categories including but not limited to:

a. Track side renewals
b. Technology
c. Professional services and project management
d. Products and services
e. Overhead line renewals
f. Station inspection and upgrades

Ability to work together as part of a team to share best practice and to introduce efficiencies in way of working is vital, as is working collaboratively with colleagues across the region. You will also:

- Take ownership of, and manage the operational requirement to support the procurement of goods and service
- Identify and work to improve personal capabilities and progress your career within procurement through development
- Adhere to and administer the appropriate activities associated with the Eastern procurement process
- Undertake full range of procurement activities including obtaining supplier prices, tendering negotiation, and purchase order placement.
- Be pro-active, have a challenging and enquiring mindset, good team player and can act upon their own initiative

**About the role (External)**:
**Key accountabilities**:
1. Undertake full range of procurement activities including obtaining supplier prices, tendering negotiation, and purchase order placement.

2. Assist in the procurement of higher value and more complex commodities.

3. Provision of dedicated support to senior staff in commodity area

4. Target specific goods, services and/or suppliers to identify how tangible improvements may be made in the procurement of these goods and services.

**Essential Criteria**:

- Commercial experience and aptitude.
- Understanding of procurement processes.

**Desirable Criteria**:

- Knowledge of procurement and competition legislation, procurement procedures, processes,

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