Buyer

Buyer - Building and Construction UK

Location: Broughton
Contract: Long‑term (extension highly likely) (Inside IR35)
Clearance: BPSS (carried out as part of onboarding)
Rate: £32.89 per hour PAYE / £44.00 per hour Umbrella

Our Client an Aerospace company are seeking Buyer and this role is placed procurement or operations or facility management based in Broughton location for a 12 months contract Inside IR35.

What You'll Be Doing

As a Buyer you will drive compliant Client General Procurement processes. Lead cross-functional project teams within the framework of national and international procurement projects, contribute to the control of the demand, challenge and approve the specifications and run the suppliers selection processes.

You will Negotiate, establish and implement national & international frame contracts. Follow-up contracts with contract reviews with Client internal customer base and suppliers, based on consistent and factual KPIs, evaluate and improve suppliers' performance in terms of time, costs and quality.

Assess suppliers' overall performance and the impact of weak performance on Client; and initiate recovery actions when necessary. Provide rules and process information to Business Operations to ensure correct execution of transactional procurement activities to full customer satisfaction.

Participate in the definition of national, trans-national, international and trans-divisional procurement strategies by providing benchmark, costing and "make or buy" analysis. Develop procurement strategies for harmonised material groups (HMG), or parts of such, where no dedicated category strategy exists; ensure validation of such strategy by the respective internal customer base. Client Amber classified per A/M1044

What You'll Bring

5 years of experience within procurement or operations or facility management
Experience in setting up a procurement strategy, in the area of responsibility ("Building & Construction" category)
Experience in Building project management would be highly appreciated
Languages: English (negotiation level). French, Spanish & German (of advantage)
Experience based - CIPS qualification preferred.
NEC Contract experience would be a benefit.
Industry experience associated with construction beneficial
Capital Expenditure projects experience would also be beneficial.
Experience with Frameworks - contract management.

Interested in progressing your engineering career?

I'd be happy to discuss the role, rates or your experience in more detail. Just let me know, and we can arrange a call or get your CV submitted

This vacancy is being advertised by Belcan