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About the role

Our innovative thinking shapes our industry; equipping the world for tomorrows challenges.

Join our Power team as a Senior Buyer and you can contribute to tangible, worthwhile work you can be proud of!

This role will be based at Raynesway, Derby three days per week with flexible working from home offered and will involve some travel between projects to develop knowledge and stakeholder engagement during critical stages of the projects.

What you'll be doing

The role will be primarily accountable for the management of the end-to-end procurement activities for the sourcing of subcontracts and materials for National Grid Power Transmission and Distribution Substation business for England and Wales. This may also be extended to support on other contracts in the Business Unit such as overhead line and buried cable projects.

The position will report to Procurement Manager and work closely with Head of Procurement, Commercial, Work Winning and Operations to provide support.

Activities will include preparation of RFQs, management and evaluation of returns, and making sourcing recommendations to award contracts. The individual will be required to: lead elements of collecting and analysing internal and external data, contribute to periodic management reports, manage specific supply chains within the divisions to monitor performance and drive continuous improvement to support Project
and Business Unit key objectives, ensuring compliance to internal policies and procedures at all times.

The role has a requirement to build upon existing supply chain capacity and expertise, develop relationships with new suppliers where appropriate and embed collaborative working both with the estimating and project teams, as well as the supply chain.

Who we're looking for

The following experience/qualifications would benefit this role: -

• Good understanding of how to run end to end procurement projects from market research, through sourcing, to contract and supplier management
• Results orientated with the ability to plan and deliver against bid / project milestones
• Some experience in negotiating commercial deals and contractual terms and conditions
• Problem solving skills, ability to use own initiative to identify areas of improvement & propose solutions.
• Demonstrates strong written and verbal skills.
• Able to prioritise with support a challenging workload of competing priorities
• Commercially and financially aware with well-developed negotiating skills;
• Strong communication, interpersonal and influencing skills
• Thinks creatively and pragmatically to apply commercial good practice to solve business problems
• Able to quickly learn and work with new processes and IT systems
• Customer focussed
• Knowledge of the construction/civils market
• Experience held in any previous or current roles such as estimating/ tendering, sales (Builders Merchants) or quantity surveying.
• Experience of Oracle R12 and Jaeger Bravo would be an advantage OR knowledge of any other similar ERP system or e-tendering portal.
• MCIPS / studying towards CIPS / equivalent qualifications or experience

The following experience is desirable:

• A minimum of 3 years experience working on National Grid Substations OR minimum 5 years buyer level experience of procurement processes within a utilities power sector including working with both material suppliers and subcontractors.

Why work for us

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

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasnt rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package thats 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 Beattys Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UKs most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

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

We are 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: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com

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