Building & Construction Buyer

Line Up Aviation; Broughton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 71,000; Part time

Job summary

Line Up Aviation is seeking a Building & Construction Buyer on a fixed-term contract based in the UK. The role focuses on strategic procurement within Buildings UK, leading cross-functional teams and negotiating frame contracts to support savings and compliance.

Ideal candidates will have a background in procurement and building/construction domains, with experience in setting up procurement strategies and a strong emphasis on ethics and supplier performance.

Qualifications

• 5 years in procurement, operations or facility management.
• Experience setting up a procurement strategy.
• Building project management experience preferred; multilingual a plus (EN, FR, ES, DE).

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional project teams in national and international procurement projects.
• Negotiate and implement national & international frame contracts.
• Monitor supplier performance via KPIs; drive savings.
• Define procurement strategies for harmonised material groups.
• Support e-procurement and e-catalogue adoption.
• Ensure ethical compliance and customer satisfaction.

Skills

Procurement

Negotiation

Strategic planning

International procurement

Education

Master in Procurement

Engineering degree

Tools

e-procurement

e-catalogues

Job description

Salary: GBP44 - GBP44 per hour

On behalf of our client, we are seeking to recruit a Building & Construction Buyer on an contract till the end of the year. As the Building & Construction Buyer, you will be performing strategic procurement activities within the Buildings UK team.

Role: Building & Construction Buyer

Pay: Up to £44 per hour Via Umbrella

Location: Broughton

Contract: Monday – Friday 35 hours per week, 10 month

IR35 Status: Inside

Security Clearance: BPSS

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Negotiate, establish and implement national & international frame contracts.
• Follow-up contracts with contract reviews with 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; 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.
• Contribute to the implementation of new procurement techniques such as e-procurement and e-catalogues, as needed.
• Monitor savings linked to demand management and procurement performance; contribute to secure and achieve Airbus Savings Programmes' commitments.
• 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.
• Procurement Business school (master level) or graduated engineer or Architect/construction graduated with good business and procurement knowledge (e.g. supply chain, procurement strategy, market analysis, legal aspects), if possible in Manufacturing Engineering or Facility Management area
• 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
• Teamwork and transparency; diplomatic, but persevering & responsible
• Strong capabilities to be autonomous without proximity management
• Strong adherence to ethics & compliance
• Customer focused, always taking into acc
• Languages: English (negotiation level). French, Spanish & German (of advantage)