Building and Construction UK Buyer

On behalf of our client, we are seeking to recruit a Building & Construction Buyer to join them on a contract until November 2027. As the Building & Construction Buyer, you will be performing strategic procurement activities within the Buildings UK team,

Role: Building & Construction Buyer
Pay: Up to £44 per hour Via Umbrella
Location: Broughton, Flintshire - 3 days onsite per week, Tuesday and Thursday are mandatory.
Contract: Monday - Friday 35 hours per week
IR35 Status: Inside
Security Clearance: BPSS

Responsibilities

Lead cross-functional project teams within the framework of national and international procurement projects, contribute to the control of the demand, challenge and approve the specifications and run the suppliers selection processes.
Negotiate, establish and implement national & international frame contracts.
Follow-up contracts with contract reviews with internal customer base and suppliers, based on consistent and factual KPIs, evaluate and improve suppliers' performance in terms of time, costs and quality.
Assess suppliers' overall performance and the impact of weak performance; and initiate recovery actions when necessary.
Provide rules and process information to Business Operations to ensure correct execution of transactional procurement activities to full customer satisfaction.
Participate in the definition of national, trans-national, international and trans-divisional procurement strategies by providing benchmark, costing and "make or buy" analysis.
Contribute to the implementation of new procurement techniques such as e-procurement and e-catalogues, as needed.
Monitor savings linked to demand management and procurement performance; contribute to secure and achieve Airbus Savings Programmes' commitments.
Develop procurement strategies for harmonised material groups (HMG), or parts of such, where no dedicated category strategy exists; ensure validation of such strategy by the respective internal customer base.
Essential Skills:

Procurement Business school (master level) or graduated engineer or Architect/construction graduated with good business and procurement knowledge (e.g. supply chain, procurement strategy, market analysis, legal aspects), if possible in Manufacturing Engineering or Facility Management area
5 years of experience within procurement or operations or facility management
Experience in setting up a procurement strategy, in the area of responsibility ("Building & Construction" category)
Experience in Building project management would be highly appreciated
Teamwork and transparency; diplomatic, but persevering & responsible
Strong capabilities to be autonomous without proximity management
Strong capabilities to deliver
Strong adherence to ethics & compliance
Customer focused, always taking into acc
Languages: English (negotiation level). French, Spanish & German (of advantage)
If you are interested in applying for this position and you meet the requirements, please send your updated CV to: Hollie Binstead at Line Up Aviation

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