Senior Buyer (Housing & Construction)

Norse Group; Norwich; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4+4 sickness scheme

33 Days annual leave including bank/US

Nest Pension

Free onsite parking

Discounts and offers

Job summary

Norse Group is seeking a Senior Buyer for Housing & Construction to manage end-to-end procurement, market analysis, sourcing, tendering, and contract implementation. The role requires strong supplier and stakeholder relationships to ensure value for money and effective supply chain management.

The ideal candidate will have construction procurement experience, knowledge of JCT contracts, and familiarity with public sector procurement.

Qualifications

• Experience in construction procurement, ideally housing association or local authority setting.
• Working knowledge and experience of JCT contracts.
• MRICS or AssRICs - desirable.
• Understanding of public sector procurement.
• Understanding of strategic sourcing tools and techniques.
• Knowledge of procurement performance measures, processes, and contracts.
• Full UK driving licence with travel to Buxton monthly.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement sourcing and procurement category plans for Alliance Norse.
• Review and advise on JCT contract terms and creation.
• Run and manage full public sector tendering processes via Find a Tender Service (FTS).
• Ensure spend and procurement processes comply with the Procurement Act 2023.
• Engage with suppliers; selection, evaluation, contracting and ongoing management.
• Implement initiatives through effective program and project management.
• Provide market analysis, benchmark data and supplier evaluation to support procurement planning.
• Balance presence between Procurement Team and Alliance Norse (Buxton) for effective delivery.

Skills

Construction procurement

JCT contracts

MRICS/AssRICs (desirable)

Public sector procurement

Strategic sourcing

Procurement performance measures

Driving licence

Job description

Senior Buyer (Housing & Construction)

£50,160.29

Norse Groups Support Services Division has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Buyer to join the Procurement team on a full time, permanent basis, supporting Alliance Norse, this will be based at our Head Office, Unity Place.

The role

As the Senior Buyer, you will be responsible for managing end-to-end procurement activities from concept through to contract award, including market analysis, sourcing, tendering, commercial negotiations and contract implementation. You will build strong supplier and stakeholder relationships, ensuring value for money, effective supply chain management and successful Procurement project delivery.

The successful candidate will have experience in construction procurement, tendering and supplier management, together with a good understanding of construction contracts, particularly JCT. The person must be comfortable with travelling to ensure regular presence in both Norwich and Buxton.

The role

• To develop and implement Norse Group sourcing and procurement category plans for Alliance Norse.
• Understand, review and advise on JCT contract terms and creation.
• To run and manage full public sector tendering processes via Find a Tender Service FTS.
• Ensure spend and procurement processes are compliant with the Procurement Act 2023
• Supplier engagement; selection, evaluation, contracting and ongoing management.
• Implementation of initiatives, through effective program and project management.
• Provide regular market analysis for key spend areas, benchmark data and supplier evaluation, to support procurement planning and risk management.
• Focus and presence balanced between Procurement Team and Alliance Norse (Buxton) to ensure effective integration, delivery and pro-active development of stakeholder relationships.

Our successful candidate

• Experience in Construction procurement, ideally a housing association or local authority setting.
• Working knowledge and experience of JCT contracts.
• MRICS or AssRICs - Desirable.
• Understanding of public sector procurement.
• Understanding of strategic sourcing tools and techniques.
• Good, working knowledge of procurement performance measures, processes, and contracts.
• Full UK Driving Licence.- (Travel once a month to our Buxton office).

Our offer

Alongside the opportunity to join a close knit, experienced team, we offer a range of benefits that include;

• Salary£50,160.29.
• 4+4 sickness scheme.
• 33 Days annual leave including bank holiday.
• Stat Nest Pension.
• Free onsite parking.
• Access to company discounts and offers.

We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment and eliminate unlawful and or unfair discrimination.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. If you have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful and will not be progressed to the next stage.