Senior Procurement Lead - Construction & Engineering

NG Bailey Group; Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Holiday allowance

Private Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible benefits

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

NG Bailey is seeking an experienced Senior Buyer to join our Procurement team, supporting major engineering and construction projects across the business. This hands-on role leads procurement from strategy through delivery, collaborating with project teams, suppliers and stakeholders to secure value and mitigate risk.

You’ll drive supplier performance, cost savings, and ensure right partners are in place to deliver outcomes.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in an operational buying or procurement role.
• Experience procuring high-volume and high-value material and subcontract packages.
• Previous procurement experience within building services, engineering, MEP, or construction.
• Strong negotiation and supplier management skills.
• Excellent commercial awareness and financial acumen.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and procurement/business systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement activities across assigned projects and business areas.
• Develop and implement procurement strategies that support project and business objectives.
• Manage competitive tendering processes, supplier negotiations, e-auctions, and package procurement.
• Lead supplier performance reviews and implement improvement plans where required.
• Ensure suppliers operate in line with agreed service level agreements and contractual commitments.
• Identify opportunities for volume aggregation, package bundling, and value engineering initiatives.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with strategic supply chain partners.
• Produce and manage procurement plans and procurement schedules.
• Work closely with project teams to ensure procurement requirements align with programme and commercial objectives.
• Lead regular procurement review meetings, recording actions and driving timely completion.
• Support project mobilisation through the development of supplier service level agreements and procurement targets.
• Provide procurement expertise and market intelligence throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills

Operational buying

Negotiation

Supplier management

Stakeholder management

Microsoft Office

Procurement systems

Education

CIPS qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Procurement software

Job description

NG Bailey is seeking an experienced Senior Buyer to join our Procurement team, supporting major engineering and construction projects across the business. This hands-on role leads procurement from strategy through delivery, collaborating with project teams, suppliers and stakeholders to secure value and mitigate risk.

You’ll drive supplier performance, cost savings, and ensure right partners are in place to deliver outcomes.