Buildings and Construction UK Buyer

Job description

Broughton (Hybrid - 3 days on-site minimum)
Up to £44.00 per hour Umbrella
Long-Term Contract
35 Hours Per Week (4.5-Day Week)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Buildings & Construction Buyer to join a leading engineering organisation, supporting major construction projects, capital investment programmes, facilities upgrades, and infrastructure developments.

The successful candidate will lead Construction Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Tender Management, Contract Negotiation, Supplier Management, and Category Management activities, ensuring best value, cost savings, supplier performance, and successful project delivery.

• Lead end-to-end Construction Procurement and Strategic Sourcing activities.
• Manage tenders, supplier selection, and contract negotiations.
• Develop and implement procurement strategies and category strategies.
• Build strong supplier relationships and drive supplier performance.
• Deliver cost savings, value engineering, and commercial improvements.
• Manage high-value construction contracts and framework agreements.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Facilities, Commercial, and Project teams.
• Ensure compliance, risk management, and procurement best practice.

• Experience in Procurement, Construction Procurement, Category Management, or Supply Chain Management.
• Strong background managing construction contracts, tenders, and supplier negotiations.
• Excellent commercial awareness, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience within Construction, Infrastructure, Facilities Management, Engineering, or Manufacturing environments.
• CIPS qualification or relevant degree desirable.

This role is ideal for a Construction Buyer, Senior Buyer, Strategic Buyer, Procurement Specialist, Category Buyer, or Supply Chain Professional looking to work on high-profile construction projects while driving procurement excellence, supplier management, contract management, and strategic sourcing initiatives.

This vacancy is being advertised by Belcan.

Reference 225779416