Senior Buyer / Procurment Manager

A industry-leading civil engineering business, providing innovative engineering solutions across a wide range of sectors including maritime, flood risk management, defence, energy, water and regeneration, is seeking a Senior Buyer / Procurment manager for the SW region

based in the South West where the opportunity to work on sites in and around Plymouth as regional office in Exeter.

Role purpose:

To establish, maintain and improve the control and effectiveness of the buying function in line with Company policy and Business objectives

Key Accountabilities:

• Develop bid list and complete due diligence of proposed Subcontractors for associated Tender/Procurement packages for sign of by Project Team and Procurement Manager
• Develop Tender/Project Procurement Strategy in collaboration with the Project Team, identifying risk and opportunities and leveraging to obtain best value.
• Develop and Manage in collaboration with the Project Team, the Tender/Project Procurement Schedule
• Collate Tender/Project sub-contract and materials enquiries for assessment and use by Estimator/ Site Management team.
• Manage the return of timely quotations, complete full best value analysis and propose recommendation in conjunction with Project Team for approval.
• Lead package negotiations with supply chain
• Arrange and lead Supplier/Subcontractor meetings incl mid-tender, post tender and final negotiation meetings.
• Arrange and chair Pre-let Meeting prior to Subcontract award.
• Internal Governance checks , ensuring the correct use of documents (i.e order templates, REQ forms etc.)
• Chair regular Project Procurement reviews for both Subcontract Packages and Materials ensuring completeness of programme dates, Tender allowances, order values and meeting notes/actions
• Support Projects ensuring Subcontract/Supplier performance meets their requirements and act as mediator to help deliver a positive outcome should a Supply Chain dispute arise
• New Supplier/Subcontractor onboarding including all due diligence
• Have a good knowledge of local supply chain, capacity and capability.
• Have an awareness of business objectives and internal policy and apply to Project Procurement where required
• Work in line with HSEQS procedures and objectives.
• Manage the implementation of supply chain / supplier agreements including Mini Fwks and preferred supplier agreements
• Working with Supply Chain to build relationships, obtain market intelligence and market innovation/product development
• Performance management of Supply Chain including 360 reviews, lesson learned etc
• Ensuring and maintaining correct document management & storage.

Experience:

• Experience of working within heavy Civil Engineering and working in Procurement
• Holding or working towards a CIPS Professional Qualification
• Demonstrate sound knowledge of Civils/Construction industry and Procurement experience in subcontract and supplier markets in Construction sector
• Be computer literate and able to work with words. Excel Teams plus bespoke accounting, database and document storage packages.
• Capable of working on their own initiative with minimal supervision
• Competent Sub-contract knowledge of different type of forms of Contract
• Extensive knowledge of trades and materials in Civil Engineering / Construction
• Good commercial and analytical skills with proven capability of managing workload proficiently

Please call us on (phone number removed) to discuss in further detail