Lead Buyer

2 months ago


Warrington, United Kingdom United Utilities Full time

We are forming a new team to deliver the procurement of our AMP8 Construction Frameworks portfolio. With 9 large strategic procurement events to run over the next 2 years we are looking for enthusiastic and hard working individuals to join a high performing dynamic team.

**Job Accountabilities**:

- Support the development of category plans and sourcing strategies for categories of spend across functional and organisation boundaries ensuring optimum value for money for UU.
- Engage with stakeholders to support the alignment of business strategy and policy to support the delivery of category plans.
- Ensure regulatory compliance including but not limited to the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016.
- Ensure contractual compliance and proactively manage supplier performance across a specific portfolio of Contracts / Agreements.
- Act as first point of contact for queries within the category and provide general advice and support. To provide procurement, project and administration support across the Commercial Directorate.
- Support the management of supplier contracts / Agreements and service level agreements to ensure reduced risk to UU.
- Provide support and timely escalation to the Category Manager and/or Category Delivery Manager
- To manage conflicting priorities
- Ensure commercial compliance
- Proactively support the management and mitigation of commercial risks
- Provide commercial expertise and guidance
- Ensure collaborative working across the commercial directorate
- Work collaboratively with the regulatory procurement team, to ensure delivery of compliant procurement
- Produce and maintain quality category data/dashboards.
- Support the development and maintenance of: Business need and opportunity analysis, Market analysis
- Responsible for creation and quality assurance of sourcing documents
- Evaluation to award
- Implementation of contracts/framework agreements
- Maintain effective management of contracts/framework agreements

**Knowledge and Skills**:

- CIPS qualified or relevant equivalent qualification
- Chartered Membership of a relevant institution (e.g. Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply)
- Proven relevant experience
- Knowledge of key category management processes, tools and methodologies used across the whole procurement life-cycle
- Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders
- Experience of working collaboratively with the business to support commercial proposals
- Commercial negotiation and resolution skills

**We need fantastic people to enable us to deliver a great service to the public. We are committed to reaching and recruiting from every community and then supporting employees to achieve their full potential ensuring they feel valued and included, regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, sexual orientation or social background.**

**Closing Date**:03/04/23


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