SPA Senior Buyer (Ecosystem Manager)

Anglian Water Group Ltd.; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Anglian Water Group Ltd. is recruiting a Senior Buyer (Ecosystem Manager) to support the Strategic Pipeline Alliance.

The role covers developing the Procurement Schedule, leading a cross-disciplinary team, and ensuring value for money across the supply ecosystem. You will lead sourcing events, appoint suppliers, and negotiate commercial terms while maintaining auditable processes and supplier relationships to meet project deadlines.

Qualifications

• Experience of procurement ideally within the Water, Infrastructure or Construction Industry.
• Experience integrating suppliers such that the ecosystem delivers out-performance and facilitates innovation.
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Ability to manage a high-volume workload and meet strict deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of your portfolio of work to deliver sourcing events on time and maximize value.
• Appoint suppliers following an agreed sourcing methodology based on spend/value or requirement.
• Lead on commercial negotiations.
• Ensure systems are used and updated for auditable processes and reporting.
• Provide advice and support to the business to understand and deliver their requirements.
• Notify the relevant manager of spend trends requiring investigation.
• Ensure sustainable procurement risks are understood and managed for all projects.
• Negotiate with suppliers on a “spot buy” basis where appropriate.
• Develop wider knowledge of products and wider supply chain.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Stakeholder management

Negotiation skills

Sourcing/events management

High-volume workload handling

Job description

Join Anglian Water's Strategic Pipeline Alliance as a Senior Buyer (Ecosystem Manager). Location: Flexible/Hybrid from Peterborough office or SPA sites Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Are you detail-oriented, organized, and passionate about contributing to one of the UK’s most ambitious water infrastructure projects? The Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) is searching for a Senior Buyer (Ecosystem Manager) to support and enhance our project delivery team.

What will you be doing as our new Senior Buyer (Ecosystem Manager)?

You will develop and maintain the Procurement Schedule to ensure products and services are delivered to site on time. You will need to be able to work with, and lead a team of other professionals, across disciplines such as Design, Commercial and Delivery to achieve this. You will be responsible for ensuring value for money and building relationships with our Supply Chain Ecosystem Partners; this will be through conducting mini competitions, applying Anglian Water allocation methodologies or conducting new procurement processes. Where appropriate you will need to ensure that the products purchase comply with DWI requirements.

Key responsibilities:

• Take ownership of your portfolio of work to deliver sourcing events to time and to deliver maximum value to the business.
• Appoint suppliers following an agreed sourcing methodology suitable for the value or complexity of the spend and/or requirement.
• Lead on commercial negotiations
• Ensure relevant systems are used and updated to ensure an auditable process and efficient reporting to the business.
• Provide advice and support to the business to understand and deliver their requirements.
• Notify the relevant manager of any spend trends which may need further investigation.
• Ensure sustainable procurement risks are understood and managed for all projects
• Negotiate with suppliers on a “spot buy” basis where appropriate.
• Develop wider knowledge of products and wider supply chain.

A little bit about your skills, experience and behaviours:

• Experience of procurement ideally within the Water, Infrastructure or Construction Industry
• Experience integrating suppliers such that the ecosystem delivers out-performance, brings forward opportunities for innovation to enhance the delivery of SPA outcomes.
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing and negotiation skills.
• The ability to deal with a high-volume workload and meet strict deadlines.

Not only do we look for the best talent to join us on our journey, we also look for individuals to demonstrate key behaviours that align with our values and beliefs. Working with the highest degree of integrity, we want SPA employees to take ownership and accountability for their outputs and be driven to continuously improve how they work. SPA employees should act with the customer’s best interest at heart, be clear and transparent communicators and be passionate about operating in an ethical fashion.

Why Join SPA?

The Strategic Pipeline Alliance Project is at the exciting delivery stage, with additional projects lined up for AMP8. At SPA, we embrace innovation, digital technology, and collaboration with our partners, including Farrans, MMB, Costain, and Jacobs. Together, we’re combating climate change and securing clean water for generations to come.

Flexible Working

We support remote working, part-time hours, and flexible schedules to suit your lifestyle if the role allows.

Location

Our office is in Peterborough, with operational hubs across the project area.

Diversity and Inclusion

SPA is committed to building an inclusive, welcoming environment for everyone. Whatever your background, if this role resonates with you, we encourage you to apply.

Our Purpose

Our mission is simple yet vital: To Make the East of England Resilient to the Effects of Drought. Join us in shaping a sustainable future while being part of a team where everyone can thrive.

Ready to Join Us?

If you’re passionate about making a meaningful impact and excited to lead in a transformative environment, we’d love to hear from you!

Equal Opportunity Employer

SPA is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and recruit based on merit and potential, ensuring every colleague feels a sense of belonging.

Get in Touch

If you think you will be a good fit, get in touch.

The Strategic Pipeline Alliance is creating nearly 500 kilometres of new, interconnecting pipelines to help combat the impact of climate change and keep fresh, clean water flowing across the Anglian Water region. Our aim is to make the region, one of the most rapidly growing in the country, resilient to the risks of drought by securing water supplies for future generations. The new network of pipelines will be longer than HS2, making it one of the largest infrastructure projects for a generation. It is a complex and challenging major infrastructure project. We selected partners that bring a wealth of experience, new mindsets, thinking and innovation for what is an incredibly exciting programme. They are: Costain, Farrans, Jacobs, Mott MacDonald Bentley. We strive to create the right environment to keep Anglian Water at the forefront of the industry and look, in return, for high-performing candidates who demonstrate values that align with ours. Due to the nature of the alliance, and based on the role offered, you will be employed by one of the five partners, joining teams containing some of the most talented and innovative consultants and contractors in the region at a crucial time. You will need to demonstrate: integrity, mental agility, leadership skills, a desire to learn and an open, honest and caring nature. This programme forms a key part of our Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP), which sets out how we will manage the water supplies in our region to meet current and future needs over 25 years. It is a critical, long-term project and construction is due to begin in the summer of 2021 and will take nearly five years to build. We are looking for talented people to join the Strategic Pipeline Alliance one of the biggest infrastructure projects for a generation. It’s an amazing opportunity to become part of an innovative and collaborative organisation. Anglian Water has joined forces with construction and engineering giants Costain, Farrans, Jacobs and Mott MacDonald Bentley as part of a contract worth more than £350 million. We will complete one of the largest strategic water infrastructure projects the UK has ever seen and will create up to 500km of interconnecting pipelines. We provide the very best training and look, in return, for people with integrity, mental agility, leadership skills, a desire to learn and an open, honest and caring nature. The programme forms a key part of Anglian Water’s Water Resources Management Plan which looks 25 years ahead to manage and secure the water resources by safe- guarding against the potential future impacts of water scarcity, climate change and growth, while protecting the environment. The SPA Alliance. Building Resilience. Building Pipelines. Building career aspirations.