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Buyer

Employer
Confidential
Location
Warrington
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
23 May 2022

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Specialist Area
Buyer
Sector
Engineering
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
J. Murphy & Sons Limited is a leading global, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 that improves lives by delivering world-class infrastructure.

Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada, we provide better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including Transportation, Water, Power, Natural Resources, and Construction & Property.

Headquartered in London, we also have a number of related businesses - Ground Engineering; Utility Connections; Murphy Plant; Urban Infrastructure; Murphy Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services; Specialist Welding Services; and Electrical Services. We are specialists in delivering pipelines; design; marine; structural steel; tunnelling; fabrication; bridges and piling; and invest heavily in our substantial holding of plant; equipment and facilities.

Murphy employs around 3,500 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, we work as 'One Murphy' by directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success.

There's more to Murphy.

Buyer - Power - Stonecross
J Murphy and Sons Ltd is currently looking for a Buyer join our award-winning team in Stonecross, Golborne. Our team is known for its extensive in-house expertise and continual drive to innovate within the industry. As a Buyer you will report into the Senior Buyer and/or Senior Procurement Manager.
Following the 'One Murphy' approach, we're able to deliver all aspects of the projects we work on. Murphy has designed, constructed, and commissioned projects for clients including National Grid, SSE and ??rsted, on both transmission and distribution networks.
Recently awarded the UK's 3rd Best Large Company to work for by Best Companies, this is a fantastic time to join J. Murphy & Sons! Take a look at the role outline and if you think you fit the bill and want to work as a Buyer within a team that rewards performance, drives personal development and offers a great place to work delivering exciting projects, then get in touch!
What you will be doing
* Covering live construction projects through sound procurement practices
* Implement an "added value" procurement strategy for each project
* Manage the day to day procurement of subcontracts
* Provide forecast information by the set dates each month
* Attend monthly meeting to discuss subcontractor forecast including any movements in the period and future risks
* Continuous monitoring and improvement of the supply chain
* Be the prime business unit contact for Group Procurement Function
* Deliver a consistent procurement approach across all projects within the region from work winning / pre-construction stage
* Demonstrate best overall value for money in the procurement recommendations
* Ensure a robust negotiation process is applied in the engagement process.
* Ensure contract arrangements and package details are comprehensive.

Who we are looking for
* Proven experience within a Buyer or Subcontract Buyer role.
* Experience within the Engineering or Construction industry
* Experience within Power or Energy would be advantageous.
* Subcontract packages experience.
* CIPS qualified or working towards with significant work experience
* MS package knowledge (e.g. Outlook, Excel, Word, Visio, MS Project)

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