Buyer - Rushden, United Kingdom - Kier Group

Kier Group

Verified Company

Rushden, United Kingdom

3 days ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a
Buyer to join our centralised Procurement Team and provide a quality procurement service to our stakeholders both internally and external.

This role is in line with our vision of working towards being the 'Procurement Centre of Excellence'.

Location:
Flexible with hybrid travel to Rushden, Northamptonshire

Business Unit:
Kier Group Services

Contract:
Full-Time, permanent and able to consider part-time opportunities

Key Responsibilities

In this Buyer role, you'll raise ticket requests in line with the needs of the business and raise purchase orders for projects as requested.

You'll carry out pricing and benchmarking exercises and ensure orders are approved within a timely manner.

You'll also provide feedback to the Category Management team on supplier performance and new business requirements and support implementation of new contracts and frameworks.

Building relationships with suppliers and negotiating to deliver best value is key for this role and you'll maximise opportunities to utilise preferred suppliers.

What are we looking for?

A good communicator and organised individual who can work effectively as part of a team and working from their own initiative.

Ideally, you'll be working towards your CIPS qualification or equivalent with a good understanding of common Procurement models and materials/services required within a construction business.

You'll have good commercial awareness and an effective understanding of budget and allowance control within projects.

You'll also be able to build positive relationships with stakeholders training them on best practice and able to make recommendations based on market conditions.

Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs.

Some of our favourites include:
- new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more

26 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays
A 24/7 virtual GP service available to you and your immediate household

Who is Kier?
We are a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group.

Our purpose is to sustainably deliver infrastructure which is vital to the UK, and we are committed to leaving lasting legacies through our work.

We comprise of the following business streams Construction (including Kier Places), Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, with supporting Group functions.

We provide specialist design and build capabilities and the knowledge, skills and intellectual capital of our people to ensure we are able to project manage and integrate all aspects of a project.

We work to our company values of collaborative, trusted and focused.

You can find out more about Kier on our website or by viewing our fast facts.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more.

Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

Closing date:
Friday 16th June 2023
Recruitment Agencies - opportunities at Kier are managed by our internal recruitment team. We are unable to accept unsolicited CVs and communications from external recruiters.

If there is a specific business need a member of the recruitment team will engage with agencies who have signed up to our PSL to ensure all CV's are uploaded onto our portal to be considered.

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