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A top 5 main contractor is looking for Senior Buyers to join their team based in the North East.
The main objective of the role is to support the delivery of one of the country's largest new major infrastructure projects.
You will:
- Develop and deploy category strategies across a portfolio of direct materials.
- Deliver operational procurement requirements, managing procurement schedules.
- Support the Procurement Manager with the development of subcontract package strategies.
- Produce and present recommendation reports to the client.
- Lead performance reviews with the supply chain.
Why Apply?
- This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading procurement function and be part of a team delivering the UK's largest new infrastructure projects.
- In these newly created roles you will be delivering significant results for the client, managing high profile categories of spend.
- You will be working for a top 5 main contractor and be part of a 100+ person procurement function, who offer clear career progression pathways.
Further Details
- Helping to deliver one of the largest new major infrastructure projects in the UK, valued at around £1bn.
- Supporting the first of many major projects in the region. With at least 5 years guaranteed procurement, it is likely that it will lead to much more than this.
- You will be working in a fast-paced project procurement team, who are building a greenfield supply chain.
- The project procurement team will be involved in procuring hundreds of millions of pounds of civils, M&E and site set up materials and subcontracts over the next 5 years.
Candidate Requirements
- 3+ years strategic procurement experience across any large complex construction, engineering or manufacturing company.
- You must have some strategic procurement experience, with some experience of delivering category plans and achieving cost savings.
- All candidates must have strong stakeholder management experience with a track record of facing off to challenging senior internal stakeholders, any external stakeholder management would be desirable.
- Due to demanding nature of this project and some of the challenging stakeholder requirements, candidates will be assessed on attitude, behaviours and drive as much as their technical ability.
