Senior Operational Buyer

EMCOR UK; West Kilbride; Hybrid; GBP 49,500 - 60,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 Days holidays + Bank holidays

Holiday Buy Scheme - up to 5 days aปี

Industry leading Maternity & Paternity

Refer a Friend scheme – worth £500 per

Job summary

EMCOR UK is seeking a skilled Procurement professional to join our client-site team in Barrow, working on a hybrid basis. You will own supply chain activities, drive category strategies, and deliver value through effective negotiation and supplier management.

In this role you will collaborate with senior stakeholders, manage risk, and lead cross-functional teams to achieve cost savings, compliance with HSEQ, and continuous improvement across the contract.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement processes and supply chain methodology.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management.
• Proven ability to motivate and develop others.
• Experience delivering sustainable procurement objectives.
• Strong analytical and negotiation skills.
• MCIPS preferred or working towards.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement procurement strategy for the account.
• Lead procurement activity in line with strategy, plans and governance.
• Develop and manage supply chain with account team; evaluate and benchmark.
• Negotiate to deliver cost savings and evidence value for money.
• Initiate risk-based supplier tendering, with sound financial modelling.
• Identify innovations to increase revenue and margins.
• Promote safety culture and compliance with HSEQ standards.
• Travel across the UK for supplier visits, meetings and training.

Skills

Procurement processes

Stakeholder engagement

Internal customer relationships

Negotiation skills

Mentoring and coaching

Sustainable procurement

Commercial awareness

Cost savings

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical skills

Driving licence

FM procurement experience

Procurement mindset

Education

MCIPS (preferred or working towards)

Job description

Location: Barrow - Hybrid

Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum depending on experience

Working Hours: Monday to Friday - 7:30 to 16:30, 37.5 hours per week

Benefits: Company Pension Scheme, Private Medical Insurance, Company Sick Pay, plus many more benefits

Role Overview

The role will be part of the EMCOR UK Procurement team, where you will collaborate with our Supply Chain Director, Heads of Projects Procurement and Category Leads and other Ops / Projects Buyers to ensure we deliver a robust and forward‑thinking supply‑chain solution to effectively deliver engineering excellence and a better world at work for our customers, colleagues and supply chain; and for the communities in which we work. This role will be embedded into our EMCOR UK team on our Client site and will be responsible for all supply chain and procurement activity on the contract.

What You'll Do

• Ensure we have a good supply chain, readily available to rely on, that delivers excellence to our customer sites with the right governance around the relationship to ensure performance standards are met.
• Ensure that all procurement activity is undertaken in line with the overall organisational strategy, category plan, account specific procurement plan and procurement best practice.
• Develop the procurement account strategy in partnership with the account team and take ownership to lead the delivery. Identify, select, develop and manage new supply chain to support future business through a rigorous evaluation process, ongoing performance measurement, contract review and benchmarking.
• Negotiate and deliver cost savings through negotiation. Evidence value for money that can be demonstrated to our customers.
• Initiate a risk‑based approach to supplier tendering, selection and award, building in commercial analysis of tenders / negotiations to ensure caveats / assumptions are well managed; the correct financial model is used and any KPIS / SLAs / Programme risk is negotiated and back‑to‑back with supply chain.
• Identify innovation and ensure that these are presented to our accounts to increase revenue and margin opportunities.
• Provide a culture of continuous improvement delivering improvements that support the organisation’s requirements, ensuring that account stakeholders are seen as a customer and engage to gain feedback to set improvement objectives and deliver against account procurement plan.
• Promote and drive a strong safety culture into the supply chain by ensuring that work is carried out in compliance with the organisation's HSEQ management system and culture.
• Be the point of escalation for supply chain matters on the account.
• Any other task reasonably requested from time to time.
• Continuously analyse market trends, supplier performance and cost structures to identify risks and opportunities for improvement and implement risk mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with Category team to develop wider relationships with specialist supply chain to suit product / service / geographical gaps and support growth opportunities to align with business need. Ensure supply chain is appropriately accredited and provides sufficient competition and value for money for all account needs.
• Driving value for money by leading all supply chain negotiations and ensuring we remain competitive whilst maximising profit for EMCOR UK.
• There will be a need to travel across the UK from time to time for example:
• Supply chain visits and audits
• Company meetings
• Training

Who You'll Be

• Knowledge and experience of Procurement Processes, Systems and Supply Chain Methodology
• Experience in stakeholder engagement
• Able to manage internal customer relationships
• Expert negotiating skills
• Proven ability to motivate, coach and develop others
• Experience in delivering and developing sustainable procurement objectives
• Commercial awareness
• Ability to deliver service excellence to internal and external customers
• Strong presentation and influencing skills
• Experience of driving value and delivering cost saving targets
• Ability to lead and work in cross‑functional teams
• Strong analytical skills
• MCIPS preferred or working towards
• Valid full driving licence
• Excellent FM procurement experience
• A passion for procurement and supply chain
• A desire to think 'outside of the box' and not be afraid to challenge with an ability and focus to drive improvement with a 'can‑do' attitude
• Highest levels of integrity at all times
• Ability to identify, assess and consider risk management throughout the procurement and contract management process

EMCOR UK Benefits

• 25 Days holidays + Bank holidays
• Holiday Buy Scheme - up to 5 days a year
• Industry leading Maternity & Paternity Policies
• Refer a Friend scheme – worth £500 per referral
• GEMS – Internal recognition scheme with vouchers for Amazon and retail/dining
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities, including opportunities for progression.
• Access to Flex Benefits: Discount Shopping, Gym, Mobile, Family Activities, Insurance, Dining Experience, Car Leasing and Breakdown Cover.
• Bike To Work Scheme
• Paid volunteering and charity days
• Medicash - Health cash plan - Benefits covered include dental, optical, physiotherapy and a health & wellbeing.
• Employee Assistance Programme - Offering guidance and advice on Personal, Health, Legal and Financial queries.

At EMCOR UK part of OCS, we deliver facilities management for the Defence sector by combining our engineering heritage with advanced innovation to support mission critical environments. We put people at the heart of everything we do, working closely with Defence customers to understand their needs, from strategic estate priorities to the safe, reliable delivery of day‑to‑day services across secure sites.

For our people, working in Defence offers long term stability and the opportunity to build a meaningful, lasting career. Defence contracts are typically longstanding, providing job security, continuity of work, and the chance to develop deep expertise within complex, high profile environments.

Our purpose is to ensure Defence infrastructure remains resilient, compliant, and ready to support operational effectiveness.

Through our One Data World platform, we use secure, data‑driven insights to optimise performance, proactively manage critical assets, and adapt services to evolving operational demands, while enhancing the experience of personnel on‑site.

By taking on the complexity of facilities management, EMCOR UK enables Defence organisations to stay focused on their core mission, while we ensure the infrastructure behind it performs without compromise.