Senior Buyer

N G Bailey; Stowmarket; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

22 October 2024

Senior Buyer – Freedom Group

Leeds, London or Stowmarket (Hybrid Working)

Permanent - Full Time (37 hours per week)

Competitive Salary & Benefits

Freedom Group have a brilliant opportunity for a Senior Buyer to join their team in either Stowmarket, London or Leeds. Reporting to the Head of Procurement, this role will support the management of current contracts and assist in new Tenders where required.

You’ll work closely with the Commercial Managers, and flex across Direct and Indirect categories to include Sub-Contractors, Civils, Utilities, Cabling, Switchgears, Transformers etc.

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:

• Manage supply chain in your operational business units to maximise value for that business unit and the wider division.
• Ensure supply chain relationships are developed and maintained to deliver exemplar performance, bring appropriate technical innovation and keep us ahead of the competition.
• Working with operational teams, lead supplier performance reviews including the recording of output into the proprietary system, providing feedback to suppliers and implementing improvement plans where necessary.
• Proactively support bid teams with up-to-date and accurate procurement data and sub-contractor/supplier costs where required, ensuring that the best value for money and added value price is identified.
• Work with Operational teams on an ongoing basis to ensure that sub-contractors and suppliers are the best fit for the contract and continue to deliver value to support contract retention and exemplar customer satisfaction.
• Support operational delivery teams in pre-commencement periods through the publication of known/national SLAs and the development of contract specific, value adding SLAs with key suppliers.

What we’re looking for:

We’re looking for candidates with experience of project-based Procurement who bring confidence, knowledge and drive to the team. Ideally, you’ll be MCIPS qualified (although we will support progression to MCIPS) and have the following:

• Managed project procurement spends of £2m +.
• Lead Procurement Projects from start to finish.
• Mix of direct and indirect procurement experience and capability.
• Confident, enthusiastic and encourages creativity. Understands the needs of stakeholders and engages them.
• Supports colleagues who are operating within a range of different sectors. Understands the markets we operate in and is able to anticipate the effect upon our business and reacts accordingly.

We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:

• Up to £55k per year.
• Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle).
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays with an option to Buy/Sell additional days.
• Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution.
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Life Assurance.
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice).
• Flexible benefits to choose from including: Dental Insurance, Gym Membership, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes.

Next Steps:

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us:

Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.