Senior Buyer - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty

Verified Company

Birmingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

About the role
Balfour Beatty Vinci has an exciting opportunity for a
Senior Buyer to join our team to work in
Birmingham.**
Role purpose

To implement designated procurement plans in accordance with the BBV JV Procurement and Supply Chain Management strategy;
This role will have a specific focus on the procurement and hire of equipment.

What you'll be doing
As a
Senior
Buyer, your main accountabilities will be as follows:

Proposing and developing (in conjunction with the Procurement Manager) the equipment procurement and hire strategy which delivers the most economical procurement route for BBV and the Contract;
Supporting the procurement and estimating teams with tendering, market analysis, supplier selection, risk and opportunity assessments, forecasting requirements;
Carrying out the procurement process for complex equipment packages in accordance with BBV procurement & supply chain management strategy in relation to the following:
Preparation of requests for proposals and quotations.
Evaluation and analysis of supplier responses (both quantitative and qualitative).
Assessing value (using Most Economically Advantageous Tender or Social Value evaluation techniques).
Conducting negotiations to enable the shortlisting of suppliers;
Making shortlist recommendations to the Procurement Manager and project team, highlighting distinguishing factors between suppliers and the rationale behind recommendations.
Conducting final negotiations with selected suppliers in order to enable the preparation of contracts/orders and compliance with BBV procurement governance.
Monitoring the supply market to identify potential new suppliers and products and meet with suppliers to understand their products.
Understanding the supplier market, keeping abreast of market developments, demand trends and risks.
Establishing performance led, long term supplier relationships focusing on value for money, service & product quality and continuous improvement to drive competitive advantage for BBV and our Parent Companies.
Collaborative working.

Who we're looking for

The following qualities/experience are essential:

Substantial experience of complex procurement processes within a construction related environment. End to end Tendering processes.
Experience of implementing and developing plant and equipment procurement strategies and category led frameworks would be an advantage;
Able to demonstrate a proven track record in managing supplier relationships, negotiation and process compliance;
Excellent analytical skills, strong commercial awareness, a measured approach to decision making and the ability to ensure best value procurement;
The ability to adopt a pragmatic, yet disciplined approach to process compliance.

The following qualities/experience are Desirable:

An understanding of legal frameworks and contract law;
Supervisory experience;
MCIPS qualification or degree (or working towards).

Why work for us

Balfour Beatty VINCI is responsible for designing and building part of the most exciting and challenging railway project in Europe: HS2.

We are building the West Midlands section of HS2's Phase One route, spanning approximately 90km from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and on to Handsacre in Staffordshire.

We will be employing thousands of people in the area to design and build the civil infrastructure for HS2 through the West Midlands area and are looking for a wide range of experts to join the team and support this unique, ground breaking project.

We value diversity and celebrate individual differences, believing that our inclusive culture helps the business continue to grow as a strong, dynamic and innovative organisation.

You could help us build that civil infrastructure:

42 viaducts totaling over 11km, 66 over-bridges;
More than 35 cuttings reaching over 30km;
56 culverts and other underbridges;
66 embankments reaching over 33km;
Building four motorway crossings requiring box structures and six interfaces with the existing rail requiring both diveunder and overbridge structures.

About us
Balfour Beatty Vinci is a long established joint venture between two global leaders in the delivery of critical infrastructure.

Working together for over 30 years, we have been successful in delivering a number of significant infrastructures creating unrivaled expertise and capability across rail, highways and aviation sectors in the UK and beyond.

In 2008, we announced our formal alliance with the aim of delivering modern and innovative solutions to the UK's infrastructure needs.

Since then, our collaboration has gone from strength to strength. We've successfully bid and delivered a number of key projects for Crossrail and Highways England Smart Motorways Programme. Balfour Beatty VINCI is a powerhouse for critical infrastructure. Our partnership - between two of the world's largest construction companies -