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Senior Buyer
About The Role
Our projects are more than just an opportunity to make your mark. They’re an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise. Join our Major Projects team as a Senior Buyer at Net Zero Teesside (NZT) based on our site in Redcar and Cleveland, and you’ll deliver complex work that matters to our business and the world around you.
You’ll be accountable for the management of the end-to-end procurement activities for the sourcing of subcontracts, materials, plant, and equipment for the Lincoln contract, and may also support other contracts in the Business Unit as required.
Activities will include:
- Compiling procurement strategies
- Preparation of RFQ’s / ITT’s
- Management and evaluation of returns
- Making sourcing recommendations to award contracts
- Overseeing specific supply chains to monitor performance and drive continuous improvement in alignment with Contract and Business Unit key objectives
What You’ll Be Doing
- Preparation of invitations to tenders and requests for quotations for subcontracts, materials, and service requirements
- Conducting due diligence and commercial checks for supply partners
- Completing a full evaluation of tender responses and compiling award recommendations for approval
- Ensuring contract requirements are met and negotiating high-quality, value-for-money contracts to meet efficiencies and saving targets
- Establishing long-term relationships with the supply chain, focusing on:
- Value for money
- Service and product quality
- Continuous improvement to drive competitive advantage for Balfour Beatty
- Collaborating with the contract team to resolve supply issues as needed
- Monitoring supply chain performance and generating regular reports, including performance development plans where necessary
- Scouting the supply market to identify potential new suppliers and products, including leading supplier meetings to discuss their offerings
- Staying informed about market developments, demand trends, and risks
- Working cross-functionally with all departments to integrate HSEQ+S principles and commercial objectives
- Ensuring strict compliance with processes and maintaining quality standards
- Providing procurement support for work winning opportunities in the Business Unit
- Delivering monthly dashboards and reports on procurement and subcontractor performance to the Contract Director
- Prioritising the creation of an agile, value-adding service through:
- Deep customer requirement understanding
- Technical competence
- Functional knowledge
- Process efficiency
- Building performance-led, long-term supplier relationships with a focus on:
- Value for money
- Service and product quality
- Social value
- Continuous improvement
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Additionally, you will:
- Live by the Balfour Beatty Values
- Commit to a relentless focus on Zero Harm
- Support business and group safety and sustainability activities
- Promote the development of supply chain partners within our alliance culture and related supply chain engagement events
- Support the delivery of sustainable procurement and the social value plan
Who We’re Looking For
The following experience/qualifications are required:
- Previous senior-level experience in Procurement and Supply Chain Management within a construction, or related sector
- An organised approach to procurement compliance, commercial awareness, and a measured approach to decision-making to ensure best-value procurement
- The ability to adopt a prudent yet disciplined approach to process compliance
- Experience with Oracle R12 will be viewed favourably
- Preference for candidates with a Master’s Certificate in Purchase and Supply (MCIPS) or equivalent qualification
Essential skills and experience include:
- Strong negotiation skills and a track record of running tenders and negotiating high-value deals with a history of delivering value
- Experience handling Category Management, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), and Supplier Performance Management (SPM)
Why Work for Us
Balfour Beatty’s Major Projects business is delivering some of the UK’s most complex and iconic infrastructure projects, including:
- HS2 — the new high-speed railway
- Hinkley Point C — the first new nuclear power station in a generation
By utilising the latest technology, we are driving productivity while creating sustainable solutions to strengthen communities.
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Benefits
Join us in contributing to projects that have a meaningful impact on society while enjoying a nurturing work environment. Our benefits packages are tailored to offer flexibility and support, including:
- Smart working provisions:
- Flexible staggered start/finish times
- Up to 40% remote working where applicable
- 25 days paid annual leave (on a pro-rata basis)
- Family-friendly policies:
- 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave
- 4 weeks full pay for paternity/partners' leave
- Comprehensive pension schemes
- Volunteering leave, recognition schemes, share incentive plan
- And much more!
Diversity and Inclusion
At Balfour Beatty, we firmly believe that diversity and inclusion are key to cultivating a successful, happy workplace that fosters the potential of each member. Our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan helps us grow a diverse workforce and create an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.
Our commitment is evident in our partnerships with organisations like:
- WISE (Women in Science and Engineering)
- enei (Education and Employers)
- Business Disability Forum
- Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE)
In addition:
- Balfour Beatty signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter in 2020, demonstrating our commitment to long-term and sustainable actions on black inclusion.
- We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We actively welcome applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans, and reservists.
The organisation is also a Disability Confident Employer, committed to:
- Removing barriers for individuals with disabilities and long-term health conditions.
- Offering an interview to all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum role requirements.
To learn more about the measures we have taken to enhance our inclusive recruitment process, visit: Disability Confident Campaign.
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