Senior Buyer – Siteworks & Operations (Hybrid, Growth)

Rolls-Royce SMR; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus: Up to 12.5% (performance)

Personal Benefits Allowance: £2,200

Pension: 12% employer / 6% employee

Holidays: 28 days + public holidays

Private Medical Insurance: BUPA

Life Assurance: 6× pensionable pay

Home Office Support: £250 one off

Job summary

Rolls-Royce SMR is seeking a Senior Buyer – Siteworks & Operations to lead sourcing across site-based services and infrastructure. You will work with Programme, Construction, Engineering, Operations and Commercial teams to shape requirements and ensure a robust, scalable supply chain.

This hybrid role can be based in Derby, Manchester or Warrington with salary £44,600–£55,125, plus benefits including bonus up to 12.5%, pension, private medical, and more.

Qualifications

• Experience in siteworks, operations, infrastructure or construction procurement.
• Strong commercial acumen with tendering and supplier negotiations.
• Experience in regulated or safety-critical industries such as energy, nuclear, infrastructure, aerospace or defence.
• Ability to work across technical and commercial interfaces including cost, programme and supply chain.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• MCIPS (or working towards) is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement sourcing and category strategies aligned to programme cost, schedule and quality requirements.
• Lead end-to-end procurement activity including pre-qualification, RFx processes, tender evaluation, negotiation and contract award.
• Build and manage a resilient and scalable supply base across siteworks, infrastructure, enabling works and operational services.
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional stakeholders to shape requirements and influence early-stage design and delivery decisions.
• Provide clear commercial insight, translating technical and market information into robust recommendations.
• Ensure governance, compliance and documentation standards are consistently applied across procurement activities.
• Manage supplier performance, identifying risks, opportunities and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support the development of procurement processes, tools and ways of working as the function scales.

Skills

Procurement experience

Commercial acumen

Stakeholder management

Excel & Word

Negotiation

Education

MCIPS (desirable)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Rolls-Royce SMR is seeking a Senior Buyer – Siteworks & Operations to lead sourcing across site-based services and infrastructure. You will work with Programme, Construction, Engineering, Operations and Commercial teams to shape requirements and ensure a robust, scalable supply chain.

This hybrid role can be based in Derby, Manchester or Warrington with salary £44,600–£55,125, plus benefits including bonus up to 12.5%, pension, private medical, and more.