Buildings and Construction UK Buyer

Airbus; Broughton; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Airbus is recruiting a Buildings and Construction UK Buyer for the Broughton site in Wales. You will own high‑value procurement across construction services, lead sourcing, tendering and contract negotiations, and strengthen supplier relationships to support major projects, including a Belfast initiative.

You’ll work with multi‑functional teams to secure competitive commercial outcomes, ensure safe and efficient delivery, and develop strategies that align with cost, quality and schedule targets.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in procurement, operations or facilities management.
• Experience developing procurement strategies.
• Strong commercial negotiation and contract management.
• Knowledge of building/construction procurement contracts.
• Advanced project management with cross-functional leadership.
• Strong analytical capability with business cases and KPIs.
• Professional English for negotiations.
• Collaborative, customer-focused, autonomous work style.
• Ethics, compliance and responsible procurement.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement projects and tendering across building and construction services.
• Implement procurement strategies aligned with project objectives.
• Source and manage suppliers for architecture, planning, construction and building controls.
• Negotiate and implement national and international framework agreements.
• Manage supplier relationships through tendering and contract lifecycles.
• Ensure deliverables meet cost, time and quality requirements.
• Lead cross-functional teams through supplier selection and procurement activities.
• Monitor performance using KPIs and address issues as needed.
• Support national, international and trans-divisional procurement strategies.
• Produce cost benchmarks, make‑or‑buy analyses, and savings initiatives.

Skills

Procurement experience

Strategic sourcing

Negotiation skills

Contract management

Project management

Analytical skills

English (professional)

Stakeholder collaboration

Autonomous

Ethics & compliance

Education

Master's in procurement/engineering/architecture

Tools

e-procurement tools

Job description

Buildings and Construction UK Buyer

Location: Broughton, Flintshire
Working arrangement: Minimum three days onsite each week, with Tuesdays and Thursdays mandatory
Hours: 35 hours per week across 4.5 days, worked between 7:00am and 7:00pm subject to business requirements
PAYE rate: Up to £32.89 per hour
Umbrella rate: Up to £44.00 per hour
IR35 status: Inside
Security clearance: BPSS+ clearance required
Travel: Limited travel to other UK sites may be required

Shape the supplier partnerships behind major construction projects

Guidant Global is partnering with Airbus to recruit an experienced Buildings and Construction UK Buyer based at the Broughton site.

This is an opportunity to take ownership of high-value, strategic procurement activity covering construction services across the Airbus UK estate. You will lead sourcing, tendering and contract negotiations while building effective supplier relationships and supporting long-term projects, including a new project in Belfast.

Working across multifunctional and multi-divisional teams, you will help secure competitive commercial outcomes, strengthen the supplier base and ensure services are delivered safely, efficiently and in line with cost, quality and schedule requirements.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead procurement projects and competitive tendering exercises across building and construction services.
• Implement procurement strategies aligned with business requirements and project objectives.
• Source and manage suppliers covering services such as architecture, planning, construction, project management and building controls.
• Negotiate, establish and implement national and international framework agreements.
• Manage supplier relationships throughout the tendering, contracting and contract lifecycle.
• Ensure contractual deliverables meet agreed cost, time and quality requirements.
• Lead cross-functional teams through supplier selection and procurement activities.
• Challenge specifications, support demand management and identify opportunities to improve value.
• Monitor supplier performance using clear, evidence-based KPIs.
• Address performance concerns and initiate recovery actions where required.
• Support the development of national, international and trans-divisional procurement strategies.
• Produce benchmark, costing and make-or-buy analysis to support commercial decisions.
• Contribute to savings initiatives through specification challenge, standardisation, volume aggregation and demand control.
• Help develop an efficient and competitive supply chain that supports current and future business needs.
• Promote compliance with procurement processes, ethical standards and contractual requirements.
• Support the use of procurement tools and techniques, including e-procurement and e-catalogues.

We're Looking For

Essential

• More than five years’ experience within procurement, operations or facilities management.
• Experience developing and implementing procurement strategies.
• Strong commercial negotiation and contract management skills.
• Knowledge of procurement contracts within a building or construction environment.
• Advanced project management skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical capability, including business cases and financial KPIs.
• Ability to balance competing priorities involving customers, suppliers, budgets and delivery timescales.
• Professional-level English, including the ability to conduct commercial negotiations.
• A collaborative, transparent and customer-focused approach.
• Ability to work autonomously and deliver effectively without close supervision.
• Strong commitment to ethics, compliance and responsible procurement.

Desirable

• Experience within the building and construction procurement category.
• Building project management experience.
• Procurement business school qualification at master's level, an engineering degree, or an architecture or construction qualification supported by strong commercial and procurement knowledge.
• Experience within manufacturing engineering or facilities management.
• Knowledge of supply chain management, market analysis, procurement strategy and relevant legal considerations.
• French, Spanish or German language skills.
• Experience working across multicultural, international or multi-site environments.

Why Join?

• Support significant construction and infrastructure procurement activity across Airbus.
• Contribute to a long-term project environment, including support for a new project in Belfast.
• Work with national and international suppliers across a varied construction services portfolio.
• Build experience across strategic sourcing, supplier management, commercial negotiation and contract delivery.
• Collaborate with multifunctional and multi-divisional stakeholders.
• Work within a hybrid arrangement, with a minimum of three days each week at the Broughton site.

Inclusive Recruitment

Guidant Global is committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and will consider reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

If you have relevant procurement, construction, facilities management or operations experience and can bring strong commercial judgement to complex supplier relationships, we would like to hear from you.