Senior Buyer

Skanska UK Plc; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Skanska UK Plc is hiring a Senior Buyer in Peterborough to lead procurement strategies and improve the water supply network in partnership with Anglian Water. This role involves demand aggregation, supplier evaluation, and ensuring compliance with safety processes, contributing to efficient operations in a diverse and inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• Expertise in procurement/sourcing roles.
• Ability to manage stakeholders effectively.
• Leadership skills to guide teams.

Responsibilities

• Implement procurement strategies and evaluate schedules.
• Conduct CBAs and select supply chain partners.
• Manage risks for timely delivery and capture performance issues.

Skills

Knowledge of senior procurement

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Job description

Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

As part of a joint venture with Anglian Water and the @one Alliance partnership, Skanska is seeking a Senior Buyer to join our infrastructure team in Peterborough where the partnership's mission is to improve and expand the Anglian Water network to ensure an efficient water supply for all their customers.

What you'll do:

• Implement and support the agreed portfolio & procurements strategies.
• Aggregate demand across both Water Recycling & Water programme areas.
• Evaluate procurement schedules to ensure all information is included for goods and services procurement.
• Conduct comprehensive CBAs and TBAs to select the appropriate supply chain partner.
• Support ECI implementation, promote innovation from the supply chain, and manage potential risks for timely delivery.
• Ensure that our H&S processes are implemented and verify that all subcontracts are completed and compliant with the NEC3 contract as agreed with the supply chain provider.
• Capture supply chain performance issues, provide updates and reports, and develop strategies for operational efficiency.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Knowledge of senior procurement / sourcing roles.
• An understanding of stakeholder management and team leadership.

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using [e-mail] if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: [e-mail]

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.

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