Senior Buyer

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**Buyer - Highways**

**Location - Norwich**

**What you will be doing**:
You will be full time on site in Norwich to be responsible for material and plant procurement specifically across our three schemes in the East. The Buyer will be a Procurement presence on site and a point of contact for the Operations and Commercial teams to the function. They must bring energy, enthusiasm, and experience of working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Experience working in Highways or Construction is an advantage but not mandatory. An aptitude and willingness to gain product knowledge, learn construction methodologies and explore market innovations is essential. The responsibilities of the role include:

- Day to day procurement of a wide-range of materials and plant reflecting an Infrastructure programme of works of £xx, often in a high-paced and reactive environment.
- Delivering value-for-money across all procurement activities, ensuring timely and professional service for our internal customers.
- Manage stakeholder expectations and constructively challenge requirements to realise efficiencies and reduce waste.
- Supporting the Procurement Manager and wider team with developing our approach to major and strategic materials, e.g. robust tender exercises, qualitative assessments, utilisation of higher value T&Cs e.g. NEC supply agreements.
- Procedural and system compliance, including adherence to Group procurement mandates and interface with our Oracle purchase-to-pay system.
- Checking supplier validity, capacity and competence; measuring and managing performance of strategic material and plant providers.
- Data-input and reporting (including savings) in line with project requirements.
- Supporting wider buying requirements across the Business Unit as required.
- Liaison with internal teams and suppliers to resolve order-matching, invoice/Tradex queries expediently and ensure on-time payments.
- Being an advocate for the procurement function in general, assuring process compliance and seeking opportunities for improvement / innovation as appropriate

**About You**:
Whilst carrying out their role, our Buyers promotes the Infrastructure business unit and overarching company values, developing strong and professional relationships with our supply chain and other key stakeholders externally and across Galliford Try. They act as role models, upholding our company values and demonstrating passion for supply chain best practice.

**What We Can Offer in Return**:
With an impressive order book of over £3.2 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

**Our benefits**:
We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays

A wide range of corporate discounts

Cycle to Work schemes

Comprehensive pension plan

Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme

Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it

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