Capex Buyer

**The Role**

At Saint-Gobain people matter to us, and we try to show that every day. As part of this, our aim is to create an enterprising and innovative working environment, where you have the opportunity to learn new skills, and develop your career. **_Did you know we have been awarded top UK & Global Employer 5 Years Running?_**

As a business, Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes materials and solutions that have a positive impact on each of us and provide wellbeing, quality of life and performance, all while caring for the planet.

**Requirements**:
We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Buyer to join us (ideally with CAPEX knowledge). As a CAPEX Buyer you will work closely with key Stakeholders within Saint-Gobain across the UK and Ireland to understand their CAPEX projects. You will adopta collaborative approach and ensure the cost effective supply of materials, services and equipment to fulfil project needs. Projects could range from minor improvements through to multi-million £ full site developments.

You will advise Stakeholders on their purchasing and supply options, you will coordinate and define strategies that will result in a successful conclusion.

You will take a lead and ownership of multiple projects and be influential in price/contract negotiations, supplier relationships and supplier selection. You will be commercially astute, exploring new supplier cost effective options, whilst not compromisingon quality.

**W hat skills and experience are we looking for?**
- An experienced Buyer, ideally with CAPEX project knowledge
- CIPS qualified or studying towards
- Communication and relationship management skills
- Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills
- Ability to plan lead, organize, and multi-task several capital projects at one time.
- Strong computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Ability to work in a cross-functional Procurement team
- Self-motivated and ability to work on own initiative
- Must be customer focused, self-motivated, and results oriented.

**The future of tomorrow**

'Making the world a better home' - Saint-Gobain's purpose, we have a history spanning more than 350 years and have a responsibility to address the major challenged faced by humanity. We are on a journey to make the world a beautiful and sustainable placeto live and have pledged to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050

We are an inclusive employer and keen to hire talented people regardless of their background, abilities, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, what football team you support, taste in music, fashion sense or anything else thatmakes you, you

We believe that working in a diverse business can be more enjoyable, teams can be more innovative, and make better decisions. We already employ many fantastic people from diverse backgrounds, but we still want to do more.
- The world of work is changing, and at Saint-Gobain we are open to new ways of working in order to attract talented people to our business. We understand that everyone has different needs and commitments. Therefore, we are very open to discuss any flexiblerequirement or need that you may have for this role. We can't guarantee to meet all requests for flexibility when we are recruiting. But, we promise to listen_

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