VVB Engineering
Senior Project Buyer

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Job Title: Senior Buyer
As a Senior Buyer you will be responsible for ensuring that procurement activities are undertaken for your allocated area of responsibility, in a timely and cost-effective way and that contracts are only awarded to approved suppliers in-line with the organisations policies and procedures. In doing so you will ensure the project has a fit for purpose supply chain, which supplies fit for purpose materials, in-line with project budgets and forecast, on-time and in full, to prevent delays to project delivery. This is an integral role within the company to ensure profitability of projects is maintained.
Responsibilities
- Undertake end-to-end procurement activity, from procurement plan/strategy formation through to contract execution.
- Manage procurement activities for allocated areas of responsibility; in doing so you will develop and maintain market/category knowledge to better inform procurement decisions.
- Conduct negotiations with the supply chain ensuring the best possible price is achieved without compromising on quality; in doing so you will agree pricing schedules, payment terms and key contractual terms.
- Ensure Procurement processes and procedures are followed to ensure compliance with key governance frameworks.
- Produce required procurement documentation e.g., Procurement plans, Tender documentation and obtain approvals at the appropriate levels as aligned to governance structure.
- Record and report savings in accordance with established guidelines.
- Capture and contribute to lessons learned to ensuring changes are applied to the next project and or Procurement exercise.
- Undertake procurement activities as directed for the Project.
- Engage and communicate efficiently with internal customers and other functions as necessary in executing Procurement activities.
- Maintain an ethical approach to tasks and relationships in accordance with relevant Anthro policies.
- Conduct regular review meetings with the Project Managers to ensure alignment, including a review of ongoing activities.
- Monitor Project supply chain performance.
- Managing notification of delay to site delivery and feedback to site for any costs incurred
- Ensure any contractual changes are implemented and amended in the contract and any associated purchase orders.
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- Experienced in using ERP systems, SAP Business One and Asite are the current systems.
- Excellent knowledge of Contract Law
- Previous experience of NEC contracts
- Adept in using MS Office programmes.
- Qualification within Procurement, or equivalent
- Commercially astute
- Strong negotiation skills
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Interpersonal skills at all organisational levels, internal and external.
- Strong analytical skills
- The ability to be work flexibly to meet project demands
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