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Senior Buyer

April 13, 2023 | Comments Off on Senior Buyer

We're looking for a Senior Buyer to join our Kier Build team based in Basingstoke. Within this role, you can enjoy a competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a fantastic, matched pension scheme, a huge range of deals and discounts at many of your favourite brands and even more.

Location:?Basingstoke, Hampshire

Contract:?Permanent, full time



Key Responsibilities

The main purpose of the role is to support site in all procurement activities including tendering of all sub-contract packages, with a strong involvement in the procurement strategy for the project.



Your day to day will include:

  • Pre-construction involvement in design meetings, product selection, obtaining quotations for cost certainty, supply chain development
  • Post contract duties include setting up supply chains for both material & subcontract packages, timely and effective processing of requisitions, material order negotiation and placement, maintaining of tracking documents, maintenance of purchasing database, continuous assessment of suppliers and subcontractors to pre-agreed KPI's
  • Value engineering and cost saving initiatives.
  • Comparison and analysing tender returns and making recommendations on awarding work


Who are we looking for?

This role of Senior Buyer is great for you if you are:

  • Committed and pro-active with adherence to quality.
  • A good communicator
  • Competent with IT packages??
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.



Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

  • New and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
  • Free Life Assurance?
  • Employee Assistance Programme?
  • 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
  • A free healthcare app giving you access to clinicians and experts on fertility, pregnancy and baby, menopause and men's health
  • Plus, many more benefits geared to your wellbeing.
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: www.kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits



Who is Kier?

We're made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: https://www.kier.co.uk/sustainability/



At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.



Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.



You can see more about our D&I action plan here: https://www.kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf



Closing date: 11 May 2023



Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.

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