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Buyer - Leeds
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Job No. BBUK11127
Buyer - Leeds
Regional Civils
Procurement
Leeds
Permanent
About the role
- Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. By joining our Regional Civils team as a Buyer, you’ll work with true experts who’ll share their knowledge and provide support, encouragement and invaluable feedback so you never stop learning.
Bring us your capability, and we’ll help you take it much, much further
What you'll be doing
- As a Buyer you will be responsible for:
- Fulfilling requisitions on behalf of the business
- Projects POC for the North East Delivery Unit, to provide support, resolve queries and offer advice Ensuring internal spend compliance
- Sourcing suppliers and obtaining quotations
- Conducting tender processes
- Supplier meetings and engagement
- Creation of Supply Chain Strategies
- Management of Procurement Schedules
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with all stakeholders
- Identifying key trends or opportunities for cost reduction
- Negotiating discounts and savings & ensuring accurate reporting of such along with value add activities
- Supplier performance management
- Ensuring adherence to procurement processes and procedures
Who we're looking for
- The following experience and skills are essential:
- Highly results orientated (proven ability to complete tasks efficiently and promptly, consistently delivering high-quality outcomes under tight deadlines
- Highly organised
- Demonstrates negotiation skills
- Strong team player
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Flexible and driven
- Customer focussed
- Problem solving skills, ability to use own initiative to identify areas of improvement & propose solutions.
- Demonstrates strong written and verbal skills
- Knowledge of Subcontract Procurement Process (desired)
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
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
- With a strong track record of delivery, our civils teams connect communities through infrastructure projects in the highways, public realm, rail, flood and coastal defence, and industrial sectors across England and Wales.
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