Senior Buyer / Procurment Manager

A industry-leading civil engineering business, providing innovative engineering solutions across a wide range of sectors including maritime, flood risk management, defence, energy, water and regeneration, is seeking a Senior Buyer / Procurment manager for the SW region based in the South West where the opportunity to work on sites in and around Plymouth as regional office in Exeter. Role purpose: To establish, maintain and improve the control and effectiveness of the buying function in line with Company policy and Business objectives Key Accountabilities: * Develop bid list and complete due diligence of proposed Subcontractors for associated Tender/Procurement packages for sign of by Project Team and Procurement Manager * Develop Tender/Project Procurement Strategy in collaboration with the Project Team, identifying risk and opportunities and leveraging to obtain best value. * Develop and Manage in collaboration with the Project Team, the Tender/Project Procurement Schedule * Collate Tender/Project sub-contract and materials enquiries for assessment and use by Estimator/ Site Management team. * Manage the return of timely quotations, complete full best value analysis and propose recommendation in conjunction with Project Team for approval. * Lead package negotiations with supply chain * Arrange and lead Supplier/Subcontractor meetings incl mid-tender, post tender and final negotiation meetings. * Arrange and chair Pre-let Meeting prior to Subcontract award. * Internal Governance checks , ensuring the correct use of documents (i.e order templates, REQ forms etc.) * Chair regular Project Procurement reviews for both Subcontract Packages and Materials ensuring completeness of programme dates, Tender allowances, order values and meeting notes/actions * Support Projects ensuring Subcontract/Supplier performance meets their requirements and act as mediator to help deliver a positive outcome should a Supply Chain dispute arise * New Supplier/Subcontractor onboarding including all due diligence * Have a good knowledge of local supply chain, capacity and capability. * Have an awareness of business objectives and internal policy and apply to Project Procurement where required * Work in line with HSEQS procedures and objectives. * Manage the implementation of supply chain / supplier agreements including Mini Fwks and preferred supplier agreements * Working with Supply Chain to build relationships, obtain market intelligence and market innovation/product development * Performance management of Supply Chain including 360 reviews, lesson learned etc * Ensuring and maintaining correct document management & storage. Experience: * Experience of working within heavy Civil Engineering and working in Procurement * Holding or working towards a CIPS Professional Qualification * Demonstrate sound knowledge of Civils/Construction industry and Procurement experience in subcontract and supplier markets in Construction sector * Be computer literate and able to work with words. Excel Teams plus bespoke accounting, database and document storage packages. * Capable of working on their own initiative with minimal supervision * Competent Sub-contract knowledge of different type of forms of Contract * Extensive knowledge of trades and materials in Civil Engineering / Construction * Good commercial and analytical skills with proven capability of managing workload proficiently Please call us on (phone number removed) to discuss in further detail