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Senior Buyer

Employer
Confidential
Location
Hoddesdon
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
19 Jan 2022

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Specialist Area
Buyer
Sector
Construction
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
The role

All great things start somewhere, and here at VolkerWessels UK they start with you. We're looking for capable, down-to-earth people with an appetite for exciting challenges. We're now looking for a Senior Buyer to join us in our Hoddesdon office on a full time, permanent basis. The successful candidate will establish, maintain and improve the control and effectiveness of the buying function in line with Company policy and Business objectives.

Key accountabilities

Send out tender sub-contract and materials enquiries for assessment and use by Estimator/ Site Management team.
Manage the return of timely quotations, arrange and head up mid tender Supplier meetings, analyse responses and recommend suitable Companies for inclusion into our tender submissions
At Contract stage, working with the Site Management team, review Procurement strategy, agree targets, assess the necessity for additional enquiries, analyse.
Supplier and Sub-Contract quotes, lead negotiations and close deals. Emphasis on Quality, Programme and price.
Generally, liaise with site management on both sub-contract and materials procurement and agree critical programme dates within a procurement schedule.
Attend meetings at office or site locations as necessary.
To keep up to date with business objectives and internal policy. To work in line with VolkerHighways HSEQS procedures and objectives.Skills & experience

Holding or working towards a CIPS Professional Qualification
Flexible and adaptable working within a fully integrated office-based department as well as Site based teams
Time Management skills working to tight deadlines
Be computer literate and able to work with usual IT packages plus bespoke database and document storage packagesOther

A competitive salary plus excellent benefits package including healthcare, pension etc.VolkerHighways is an integrated highways service provider operating across London and the South of England. Our goal is to deliver the best highways solutions within our industry through efficiency, responsibility and a focus on clients and their customers.

Our services include highways term maintenance, street lighting and electrical services, surfacing, traffic management and public realm infrastructure projects. We also offer Smart City services, through VolkerSmart Technologies.

We help clients to focus on their customers' needs; using highways solutions based on safety, resident and business needs, asset management and asset improvement.

Our repeat business is testament to the valued services we deliver, through a culture of cooperation and partnership. We bring industry best practice and innovation to our clients by taking a major role in the civil engineering industry and sharing in the expertise of our wider VolkerWessels UK group

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