Senior Buyer

4 months ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Balfour Beatty Full time

**About the role**
Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark. They’re an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise.

Join our **Rail** team as a **Senior Buyer** on our **Central Rail Systems Alliance **project** **and you’ll deliver complex work that really matters to our business, and the world around you
**What you'll be doing**
As a **Senior Buyer**, you will have the following accountabilities:

- Ensure project requirements are met and best value deals are negotiated to meet and exceed savings targets.
- Responsible for the project spend predominantly for Subcontracts, supporting Materials procurement as required.
- Work closely with the project Commercial team to ensure T&Cs are flowed down from the Main Contract as appropriate.
- To own the project specific elements of the over-arching Procurement Strategy and Procurement Schedule for the project and keep them updated.
- Lead a “multi-disciplinary” sourcing team through the ITT process in line with the agreed Procurement Strategy to select the best supplier(s) for key trades and products
- Negotiate agreements for the project that support on time delivery and meet Health, Safety & Sustainability requirements.
- Proactively investigate and propose supply chain improvements and initiatives.
- Manage compliance with processes and ensure quality standards are maintained across the team(s), recommending improvements where necessary.
- To work with the Sustainability team to support in creating a Sustainability Roadmap.

**Who we're looking for** The following personal qualities and experience are essential**:

- Communication skills at all levels
- Negotiation skills (advanced)
- Basic Category Management knowledge
- Ability to set up a source team(s) & run successful tenders/ ITTs
- Good understanding of legal frameworks and contract law
- Working knowledge of ORACLE
- Procurement experience on a large, flagship project
- Ability to understand customer & business needs working in a demanding Alliance environment with multiple stakeholders from varying organisations
- Commercial awareness
- Organisation and time management skills with the ability to work independently in prioritising work accordingly
- Experience of negotiating complex deals of high value/ business impact, with a track record of making tangible, validated savings
- Experience of running successful higher value/ higher risk tenders/ ITTs
- Has successfully run packages simultaneously and delivered positive business results

**The following personal qualities and experience are desirable**:

- MCIPS or equivalent preferred
- Negotiation training

**Why work for us**
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

**Why join us?**

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more

**About us**
Balfour Beatty works at the heart of the UK’s rail networks - designing, enhancing and maintaining thousands of miles of the railways that connect communities and underpin growth.

From feasibility studies, planning and design through to implementation and asset management, we provide multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure services across the lifecycle of rail assets. Our expertise covers electrification, track, power, civils, specialist rail plant, railway systems and technologies.

**Diversity and inclusion**

Job Reference: BBUK08621


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