Subcontract Buyer

Balfour Beatty plc; Derby; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Balfour Beatty as a Subcontract Buyer where you'll be a key player in procurement for major projects, ensuring compliance and developing supplier strategies. This role requires strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills, offering you the chance to impact infrastructure projects across the UK.

Benefits

Smart working with remote flexibility

25 days paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension and share incentive plan

Qualifications

• Previous experience in procurement essential.
• Demonstrated negotiation and stakeholder management expertise.

Responsibilities

• Fulfilling requisitions and ensuring internal spend compliance.
• Sourcing suppliers and conducting tender processes.
• Negotiating discounts and managing supplier performance.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Stakeholder management skills

Problem solving skills

Education

Experience within a Procurement role

Job description

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About The Role

Our work matters to millions. It’ll matter to you too.

About The Role

Our work matters to millions. It’ll matter to you too.

Join our Major Projects team as a Subcontract Buyer and you’ll be a big part of fascinating, complex, varied and meaningful work!

What you'll be doing

As a Subcontract Buyer You Will Be Responsible For

• Fulfilling requisitions on behalf of the business
• Ensuring internal spend compliance
• Sourcing suppliers and obtaining quotations
• Conducting tender processes
• Supporting Senior Buyer in the procurement of Subcontract Packages
• Supplier meetings and engagement
• Creation of Supply Chain Strategies
• Management of Procurement Schedules
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with all stakeholders
• Identifying key trends or opportunities for cost reduction
• Negotiating discounts and savings & ensuring accurate reporting of such along with value add activities
• Supplier performance management
• Ensuring adherence to procurement processes and procedures
  
  

Who we're looking for

The Following Skills And Experience Are Required

• Previous experience within a Procurement role
• Highly results orientated (proven ability to complete tasks efficiently and promptly, consistently delivering high-quality outcomes under tight deadlines
• Demonstrates negotiation skills
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Problem solving skills, ability to use own initiative to identify areas of improvement & propose solutions.
• Knowledge of Subcontract Procurement Process (desired)
• Ability to achieve security clearances including BPSS and SC.
  
  

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

Benefits

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
  
  

About Us

Balfour Beatty’s Major Projects business is delivering some of the UK’s most complex and iconic infrastructure projects including HS2, the new high-speed railway and the first nuclear power station in a generation, Hinkley Point C. Using the latest technology, we’re driving productivity and creating a lasting legacy by delivering sustainable solutions that strengthen communities.

From consultancy and design, to all aspects of construction and maintenance. We have the proven expertise to deliver large-scale projects safely and successfully.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [e-mail]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Purchasing and Supply Chain

• Industries

  Construction

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