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Senior Buyer

October 27, 2017 | Comments Off on Senior Buyer

Senior Buyer Kier Construction Manjor Projects is looking to recruit a Senior Buyer to support the commercial business function for projects.

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.

Responsibilities:
  • 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.
  • Contribute to, interrogate and develop commercial approach into working practices and deliver successful outcome.
  • Identify risk and set in place strategy for management and minimisation of risks at task level.
  • Tendering, negotiation and placement of sub-contract orders, chairing meetings when relevant, management and resourcing of suppliers and sub-contractors.
  • Value engineering and cost saving initiatives.
  • Chairing regular procurement reviews with Project Team.
  • Composing tender lists and action all tendering requirements from feasibility through to implementation.
  • Comparison and analysing tender returns and making recommendations on awarding work.
  • Involvement in pre-contract negotiation with subcontractors, involving construction and commercial team members.
  • Contract preparation and issuing.

Key Skills and Qualifications:

  • Educated to at least HNC/D Level in a construction discipline.
  • Excellent communicator - both oral and written.
  • Excellent IT skills - including use of procurement systems preferably COINS.
  • Committed and pro-active with adherence to quality.
  • Previous experience of sub-contract procurement.
  • Previous people co-ordination experience.
  • Previous experience of working for a main contractor.
  • Professional membership within construction industry.

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