Buyer - Bristol, United Kingdom - Western Power Distribution

Western Power Distribution
Western Power Distribution
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Bristol, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Job Introduction
There's never been a more exciting time to join National Grid.

An opportunity has arisen to join the Procurement team as a Buyer based at either Bristol or Castle Donington supporting our Electricity Distribution business.

The team are part of National Grid's Global Procurement function. With a spend of c.

£3 billion per annum in the UK, we are a team of 150 talented professionals with a clear mission:
to enable a clean, fair, and affordable energy future through commercial, responsible, and innovative supply chain leadership.


The Procurement Team is responsible for developing strategies and awarding contracts across all business activities of National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED).

The successful applicant will work within a professional team of Buyers reporting to a Senior Buyer and will be responsible for a portfolio of category areas and contracts.

If you can help us deliver new solutions that work for our customers and support the energy transition, then this is the perfect opportunity for you


If you are offered a position, you will be required to complete and provide a satisfactory basic DBS check that shows any unspent convictions or conditional cautions.


Our hiring managers will have no access to your name, age, gender or other diversity information until after shortlisting has taken place.

This detail will become visible before interview to allow managers to prepare.

Main Responsibilities

  • Developing Category and Contracting strategy with the users to deliver products and services that support business objectives
  • Ownership and delivery of endtoend sourcing events within a portfolio.
  • Scoping, delivering and executing robust fit for purpose contractual agreements.
  • Facilitating regular contract review meetings with Suppliers to manage the ongoing contract requirements and identify opportunities to add further value
  • Maintaining and updating the Contract Management software system to deliver quality management reports
We invest in our people and harness the potential from a diverse range of backgrounds.

We are looking for people who have the following attributes:


  • Comprehensive experience in leading development of category or sourcing strategies, management of tendering events.
  • Can confidently communicate, engage, and build strong working relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
  • Have effective project management skills.
  • Can collate and organise data, analyse commercial issues and bring insight to the detail of costs and contracts.
  • Can navigate their own way through a complex organisation and effectively solve problems.
  • Are proactive with a positive attitude and desire to learn.
  • Demonstrate role model behaviours by evidencing 'finding a better way', 'doing the right thing' and 'making it happen' values.
  • Have a passion for enabling an affordable net zero and are motivated to make a difference.
  • Ability and willingness to travel across various NGED sites
  • Achievement of a CIPS qualification or working towards is advantageous or a willingness to undertake the required qualification
At National Grid we value difference and therefore encourage applicants who demonstrate the above to apply.

About The Company

If this is your opportunity to join us, you'll find we offer a supportive, rewarding and friendly working environment where you'll be empowered to build a career.

Along the way, you'll be invested in, be enabled by the latest technology and find that we're always interested in evolving our systems and processes so that we get even better, every day.


You will receive a generous annual leave entitlement on joining, starting at 26 days rising to 28 days following 10 years' service, plus 8 bank holidays.

In addition, you will be able to access support via our Employee Assistance Programme, including musculoskeletal and physiotherapy services.


Additional Application Information
About Us
National Grid is an energy company driven by a clear purpose: We Bring Energy to Life.

Every day we play a vital role for society by connecting millions of people to the energy they use safely, reliably, and efficiently.

But more than that - we are also part of delivering a clean energy revolution desperately needed to tackle climate change.

So, every day we strive towards our vision of being at the heart of a clean, fair, and affordable energy future.


As a critical and influential organisation with energy infrastructure in the UK and US, operating responsibly and ethically is vitally important to us, and how we deliver for customers, stakeholders and communities is guided by our core values of Doing the Right Thing, Finding a Better Way and Making it Happen.

We are an equal opportunities employer. Our desire is to bring in more employees from diverse backgrounds to build further on our inclusive culture. We value and celebrate individual difference and we believe that an inclusive culture will help the business grow as a p
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