Buyer

Murphy; Rutherglen; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Ability to buy extra holidays

Discretionary annual bonus

Above market pension scheme

Life assurance and health screening

Enhanced sick pay

Maternity/paternity pay & returner’s?

Wedding bonus

Canteen facilities

Professional development

Retail discounts and gym memberships

Job summary

Murphy is recruiting for a Buyer to work with the Energy Team on the SSE ASTI Framework. This role focuses on procuring sub-contractors and materials, supporting the project team, and delivering best-value procurement solutions within a complex energy grid environment.

You will contribute to supply chain management activities, build strong supplier relationships, and identify opportunities for performance improvements and cost efficiencies across regional projects.

Qualifications

• Detailed knowledge of work practices, processes and procedures within the construction procurement process.
• Existing business network and relationships within the supply chain.
• Working knowledge of contracts, including NEC.
• Understanding of effective procurement practices.
• Knowledge of sustainability within procurement practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide an effective and professional service in the procurement of sub-contractors and materials.
• Work as part of a procurement team supporting the project.
• Provide best value procurement solutions for the project.
• Procurement of materials and subcontracts, manage procurement schedule and supplier enquiries.
• Carry out commercial assessments and award recommendations.
• Advise on the project's supply chain management activities and opportunities for cost efficiencies.
• Contribute to activities that improve supply chain performance.
• Participate in regional procurement goals and review new supply chain members.
• Build and maintain positive relationships across the supply chain.

Skills

Procurement

Subcontractor management

Supplier relationship

NEC contracts knowledge

Procurement planning

Cost optimization

Job description

Murphy is recruiting for Buyer to work with the Energy Team on the SSE ASTI Framework.

Our business is well-known for its extensive in-house expertise, experience, and continuous drive to innovate within the industry to create added value for all our customers. Throughout our history we have strived to challenge the norm and incorporate a wide range of new technologies and capabilities to ensure we meet the ever-changing markets and demands. Today we support groundbreaking transmission and distribution projects in four countries - ensuring their energy security for decades to come.

We offer a wide range of services including design, construction and commissioning. We deliver Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) projects serving both regulated and private customers along with technical and engineering solutions within the conventional power and energy transition markets. Our continual drive to innovate, while encouraging sustainability, ensures we remain at the forefront of the industry, and is demonstrated in our long-standing relationships with major energy providers in multiple countries.

A Day In The Life Of a Murphy Buyer

• Provide an effective and professional service in the procurement of sub-contractors and materials.
• Work as part of a procurement team supporting the project.
• Provide best value procurement solutions for the project.
• Procurement of materials and subcontracts covering; production and management of the procurement schedule, development of supplier enquiry documents in conjunction with project teams. Carry out commercial assessments and award recommendations.
• Advise on the project's supply chain management activities, including structuring the supply chain and carrying out performance and relationship management to identify opportunities for improved performance and cost efficiencies.
• Contribute to activities that encourage efficient, productive and continuously improving supply chain performance.
• Take part in group procurement functional goals and objectives within the region.
• Continuously identify and review new supply chain members to meet project demand.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships across the supply chain, encouraging inclusive collaboration, knowledge sharing and mutual respect.

Still interested, Does this sound like you?

• Detailed knowledge and understanding of work practices, processes and procedures within the construction procurement process.
• Existing business network and relationships within the supply chain.
• Working knowledge of contracts, including NEC.
• Understanding of effective procurement practices.
• Knowledge of sustainability within procurement practices.

What's in it for you?

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays with the option to buy an additional 2 days holiday each year, holidays increase with length of service
• Discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review
• Above market rate contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance, health screening and enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus
• Extra weeks holiday for all employees getting married and a wedding bonus
• Subsidised canteen facilities in core locations
• Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development
• Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc

About Murphy

Murphy is formally recognised as a sector leading employer, Platinum Investors In People accredited along with reported operating profit up 57% on prior year. At Murphy, we are incredibly proud of our diverse workforce. Not only do our people represent over 60 different nationalities, but they also represent a wide range of backgrounds, ethnicities and ages. With a forward order book of £3.3b and £39m Invested in environmentally friendly plant there really is #MoretoMurphy

Murphy is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK