Senior Buyer

NG Bailey; Stowmarket; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading independent engineering firm in the UK seeks a Senior Buyer to join their team. This role involves supporting operational teams in contract delivery while managing procurement for projects worth over £2 million. The ideal candidate will have a mix of direct and indirect procurement experience, strong stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability to lead projects from start to finish. Excellent benefits include a competitive salary, hybrid working options, and a comprehensive benefits package including private medical insurance and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid / Electric Vehicle)

25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Pension with up to 8% employer contribution

Private Medical Insurance

Free Employee Assistance Program

Flexible benefits including Dental Insurance and Gym Membership

Qualifications

• Experience managing project procurement spends over £2m.
• Leads procurement projects from inception to completion.
• Ability to understand stakeholder needs and market effects.

Responsibilities

• Support operational teams in contract delivery and supplier evaluation.
• Lead performance reviews and implement improvement plans.
• Manage procurement tenders and provide accurate data for bids.
• Develop and maintain supplier relationships to enhance value.

Skills

Project procurement management

Direct and indirect procurement

Stakeholder engagement

Self-management

Job description

Senior Buyer / Buyer – Freedom Group

Scotland, North East, Yorkshire, or London / South East (Hybrid Working)

Permanent - Full Time

Competitive Salary & Benefits

Freedom Group have a brilliant opportunity for a Senior Buyer to join their team. Reporting to the Head of Procurement, this role will support Operational teams in delivering current contracts to meet customer requirements and maximise value, whilst also supporting the pricing of tenders to win new work. You will work closely with the Commercial Managers and flex across Direct and Indirect categories to include Sub-Contractors, Civils, Utilities, Cabling, Switchgears, and Transformers.

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:

• Support Operational teams on an on-going basis to ensure that their sub-contractors and suppliers are the best fit for the contract and continue to deliver value, to support contract retention and exemplar customer satisfaction.
• Lead supplier performance reviews including the recording of output into the proprietary system, providing feedback to suppliers and implementing improvement plans where necessary.
• Lead on full end to end process on project and contracts specific procurement tenders.
• Proactively support bid teams with up to date and accurate procurement data and sub-contractor / supplier costs where required, ensuring that the best value for money and added value price is identified.
• Support operational delivery teams in pre-commencement periods through the publication of known / national SLAs and the development of contract specific, value adding SLAs with key suppliers.
• Manage supply chain in your operational business units to maximise value for that business unit and the wider division.
• Ensure supply chain relationships are developed and maintained to deliver exemplar performance, bring appropriate technical innovation and keep us ahead of the competition.

What we’re looking for:

• Managed project procurement spends of £2m +.
• Lead Procurement Projects from start to finish.
• Mix of direct and indirect procurement experience and capability.
• Understands the needs of stakeholders through engagement within the specific business units, supports colleagues who are operating within a range of different sectors. Understands the markets we operate in and can anticipate the effect upon our business and reacts accordingly.
• Confident, enthusiastic and the ability to self-manage.

Benefits:

• Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid / Electric Vehicle).
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays with an option to Buy / Sell additional days.
• Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution.
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Life Assurance.
• Free 24 / 7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice).
• Flexible benefits to choose from inc: Dental Insurance, Gym Membership, GiveAsYou Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes.

Next Steps:

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us:

Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.