Senior Buyer - Labour

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Reporting to the Senior Procurement Manager, the Senior Buyer is responsible for the creation and implementation of the designated commercial strategies for Labour and related spend. You will work within the function to support the delivery of a structured sourcing and fulfilment strategy, targeted to deliver significant efficiencies and cost savings, demonstrating value.

• Support of RFx activities for both Bid tenders and Projects including creation and issue of NDA’s
• Support for maintenance of approved supplier list (ASL)
• Ensuring category codes are fit for purpose
• Responsible for creation of iProcurement strategy
• Responsible for Supplier on-boarding and evaluation
• Support investigations of supplier performance failures and work with SQA team to find resolutions
• Support supplier relationship management and develop best-fit business review schedule, in line with supplier classification
• Support with the creation and production of procurement reports and departmental metrics
• Support for all RFx activities, sourcing process, negotiation and contracting activities for high value categories.
• Responsible for the evaluation of suppliers as part of supplier on-boarding process and implementation of i Procurement strategy category code management in line with Category strategy
• Responsible for on-going supplier performance and supplier relationship management throughout the contract lifetime, including inputs to risk register and risk mitigation strategies.

You’re a commercially astute procurement professional with strong experience in labour or services buying, ideally within complex or fast-paced environments. You’re confident managing supplier relationships and negotiating contracts, with a clear focus on delivering value, managing risk, and ensuring service quality.

• Degree / HND / HNC or equivalent in an appropriate discipline or Professional qualification MCIPS, preferably Chartered status
• Depth and breadth of experience may be considered where these qualifications have not been obtained
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to demonstrate exceptional stakeholder management approach and skills
• Effective prioritisation of workload
• Experience of Microsoft Office 365 products especially MS Excel
• Experience or using Oracle systems, especially Oracle iProcurement would be an advantage

• 34 days holiday, including public holidays, plus the option to buy or sell days annually or 26 days holiday, plus public holidays, and the option to buy or sell days annually
• Company pension scheme
• A range of family friendly policies
• Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal
• Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme.

• Be Inclusive
• Take Responsibility
• Collaborate
• Be Customer-focussed

Join us and help deliver critical infrastructure projects that make a real difference.

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