Senior Buyer

**Senior Buyer - North West**
J. Murphy & Sons are recruiting a Senior buyer to join the procurement team working across multiple large scale Infrastructure projects across the Northwest including clean and wastewater sites on the United Utilities Framework.

Recently acknowledged as the UK’s Best Large Company to work for by Best Companies, this is a fantastic time to join J. Murphy & Sons Take a look at the role outline and if you think you fit the bill and want to work within a team that rewards performance, drives personal development and offers a great place to work delivering exciting projects, then get in touch

**What will you be doing?**
- Propose the procurement strategy for the regional operating unit and develop the regional supply chain to suit the demand.
- Provide market competitive procurement solutions for the operating unit which demonstrate best overall value for money.
- Provide an effective and professional service in the procurement of sub-contractors and materials covering:
- Work winning / Pre-construction procurement strategy and supply chain selection for Bid Leader
- Construction stage project procurement for Project Leader, including:
- Procurement strategy
- Production and driving of the procurement schedule
- Development of work package documents in conjunction with project teams
- Work package procurement
- Production of sub-contracts in conjunction with project teams.
- Management of sub-contract formalities (execute, bonds, warranties)
- Supply chain management, including structuring the supply chain, carrying out performance and relationship management to drive improved performance/cost benefits.
- Generate and encourage an efficient, productive and continuously improving supply chain performance within the trades.
- Support the group procurement functional goals and objectives within the region
- Providing a comprehensive procurement service for all projects in the regional operating unit.
- Deliver a consistent procurement approach across all projects within the regional operating unit from work winning / pre-construction stage.
- Demonstrate best overall value for money in the procurement recommendations
- Ensure a robust negotiation process is applied in the engagement process.
- Ensure contract arrangements and package details are comprehensive and protect the business in its dealings with suppliers and sub-contractors.
- Contribution to Murphy leverage at every opportunity
- Ensure decisions are not focussed upon lowest price but overall best value for money
- Develop an accredited and structured supply chain that is aligned to the regional operating unit demand and overall Murphy strategy
- Consistently monitor the market place to ensure awareness of pricing trends, risks and opportunities.
- Continuously seek out and assess new supply chain members to meet regional operating unit project demand.
- Monitor the supply chain performance, workload and financial status to protect the corporate position.
- Develop the supply chain, products and innovations that bring cost and/or buildability benefits.

**Who we are looking for?**
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of work practices, processes and procedures within the construction process from pre-construction stage and into construction stage.
- CIPS Chartership or working towards
- Experience of working within a water framework.
- C3/C4 Knowledge
- Good existing business network and relationships with the supply chain.
- Good product and supplier knowledge relevant to the regional operating unit.
- Good working knowledge of contracts
- Good understanding of strategic procurement practices
- Good knowledge of sustainability within procurement practices

**About The Project**
A Strategic Working Alliance (SWA) between MWH Treatment and J. Murphy and Sons Limited has been created to deliver future works under AMP 7 for United Utilities as Advance Plus.
Advance Plus has been awarded two geographical batches of work across the North and South West with a combined value in excess of £500million over a five-year period.
Advance Plus has been collaboratively working to secure AMP 7 work since January 2019. The first contract award for two batches in the North were received in August 2019 with further awards expected thereafter.
This role is initially site based at Oswestry Water Treatment Works a recent project award c.£120m which is now in the design and procurement phase and will go to site later this year. The project will be completed over the next 4 years.

**About Murphy**
- Charity is at the heart of Murphy values; you will receive 2 days leave per year to donate your time to a charity of your choosing. Many teams choose to support a charity together to positively impact our communities.
- Access to Murphy Wellbeing: you will have access to a host of online tools, mental health trained colleagues, and if needs be external professional support because we understand that work and life offers challenges that somet