Senior Buyer - Construction & Infrastructure

Linear Recruitment; Walsall; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Linear Recruitment is seeking a Senior Buyer to support major UK civil engineering and infrastructure projects. You will own strategic and operational purchasing, negotiate terms, and build strong supplier relationships to ensure timely delivery within budget and quality standards.

You will work with project teams and procurement colleagues to drive value, monitor supplier performance and manage procurement schedules, spend, and budgets across multiple projects and frameworks.

Qualifications

• Proven purchasing experience within construction, civil engineering or a closely related sector.
• Strong negotiation skills and experience building long-term supplier relationships.
• Demonstrable commercial awareness, including budget monitoring, cost control and identifying savings.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving abilities.
• A proactive, detail-oriented approach to procurement and supplier management.
• Competent in Microsoft Office and procurement systems.
• Full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Manage strategic and operational procurement activities across construction and civil engineering projects.
• Work closely with project teams to understand requirements, coordinate purchasing and ensure materials and services meet programme deadlines.
• Represent Procurement at tender, pre-start, project delivery and internal stakeholder meetings.
• Negotiate supplier contracts, pricing and commercial terms to achieve cost savings and improve value for money.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with suppliers, category leads and internal stakeholders.
• Monitor supplier performance, contractual compliance and service delivery, implementing corrective action where required.
• Manage procurement schedules, purchase orders, project expenditure and budgets.
• Produce spend reports, cost analyses and procurement performance data to support business decisions and departmental KPIs.
• Ensure purchasing activities comply with relevant frameworks, internal procedures and governance requirements.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement, supply chain innovation and sustainable procurement.
• Provide guidance and support to colleagues, including mentoring and managing assigned team members.
• Monitor market trends and developments to support effective sourcing strategies and category management.

Skills

Purchasing experience

Negotiation

Budget monitoring

Stakeholder management

Analytical

Communication

Proactive procurement

Mentoring team

Education

CIPS qualification

Procurement/supply chain qualifications

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Linear Recruitment is seeking a Senior Buyer to support major UK civil engineering and infrastructure projects. You will own strategic and operational purchasing, negotiate terms, and build strong supplier relationships to ensure timely delivery within budget and quality standards.

You will work with project teams and procurement colleagues to drive value, monitor supplier performance and manage procurement schedules, spend, and budgets across multiple projects and frameworks.