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Buyer - Infrastructure, Highways, Utilities Sector
Job Description
Buyer - Infrastructure, Highways, Utilities Sector
"Buyer with NEC3/4 contract experience gained within civil engineering, infrastructure, highways, utilities sector required for newly centralised procurement function."
£Very Competitive + Car Allowance & Benefits
Hybrid - Office, Site & Home Based - South West/Wales M5/M4/M50 corridor
Looking for a challenging and rewarding buying role in the world of civil engineering? Our client, a global leader in the industry, is seeking a talented Buyer to join their civil engineering contracts division serving the South West and Wales.
This is an exciting and interesting role offering the opportunity to work across major civil engineering and infrastructure projects in road, water, utilities, and rail.
As a Buyer, reporting to a Senior Buyer, you will play a vital role in supporting our client's new and recently centralised procurement team. You will be responsible for driving best-value solutions, fostering strong supply chain relationships, and ensuring the timely delivery of materials and sub-contractors to project sites across the region.
We're looking for someone with a strong background in procurement, preferably within the civil engineering sector. You should have experience with NEC3 Contracts and a proven track record of relationship-building with customers and supply chain partners. You'll be familiar with construction and estimating software such as Causeway and ERP systems such as COINS and have excellent IT skills across the Microsoft suite. You will be experienced in supplier performance management and ensuring compliance to procurement policies.
Key responsibilities of the role include:
* Developing and improving procurement processes and procedures
* Supporting the company's business strategy and goals
* Attending contract handover meetings to ensure timely delivery of materials and sub-contractors.
* Developing and maintaining robust supply chain relationships
* Supporting pre-construction and estimating teams in tender stages
* Coordinating the tendering, negotiation, and placement of sub-contracts and material orders
* Providing comprehensive procurement advice and support to delivery teams
The ideal candidate will have good experience in procurement, along with an excellent grasp of modern civil engineering techniques, plant & equipment, and logistical needs. You should be a confident communicator with excellent grammar and language skills and be comfortable working both independently and as part of a team.
This role is hybrid, and you will spend time working on site across the South West and Wales as well as from home. Its an ideal role if you like being out and about visiting site-based colleagues and stakeholders and also enjoy innovating and collaborating face to face in the office with your procurement colleagues to shape the centralised procurement function. You can base yourself from one of our client's offices in Monmouthshire, Bristol, Barnstaple or St Austell or Portsmouth.
In return for your skills and experience, our client offers a competitive salary, a fantastic benefits package, and the opportunity to work on some of the most exciting projects in the industry.
So, if you're ready to take your career to the next level and join a dynamic and innovative team, we'd love to hear from you! Email your CV or call us on 01905 381 320.
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THE COMPANY
Martin Veasey Talent Solutions is a leading independent executive search consultancy with experience recruiting across a diverse range of industries and service sectors. The client portfolio spans both the UK and international market places. Specialising in middle and senior management appointments we are able to source high quality candidates from the UK as well as all over the world, in a variety of disciplines, from key management roles to board level directors.
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THE PERSON
- Graduate calibre with lots of drive, ambition, and commitment.
- Experienced in recruiting managerial and executive level candidates.
- Experience of recruiting interim executives advantageous
- Experienced technical and competency/behavioural interviewer.
- CIPD level 3 or 5 would be highly advantageous but not a prerequisite.
- Psychometric test or coaching qualifications would be advantageous but not a prerequisite.
- Articulate with the ability to build rapport and relationships with senior stakeholders and decision makers within the corporate marketplace.
A consultative, solutions focused approach.
Experience within the interim executives recruitment sector or experience of recruiting temporary managerial staff.
Excellent customer service/key account relationship management experience.
A hardworking and committed individual who is looking to contribute and progress within a growing company whilst maintaining their work, family life balance.
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As an experienced sales professional, what's it like to sell a service that you know isn't very good?
It's difficult to sell when, deep down, you don't believe what you're saying.
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Martin Veasey Talent Solutions are well-established and highly respected in the international recruitment industry. With clients on every continent, we specialise in delivering a tailored recruitment service with multiple selling points.
It's not just about finding people. Our team is well-trained in using multiple tools to assess personality and cultural fit. Plus, our 35 years of expertise in our sector means our clients trust our judgement when we submit candidates for review.
Over the past year, we've expanded our team and invested heavily in state-of-the-art technology to help us provide the best recruitment service possible. And now we're looking to expand our client base.
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You'll need to be an experienced sales professional who excels in solution selling. All our clients have different requirements, so it's about crafting a solution to fit their particular needs. We don't use a catalogue!
As such, experience in the recruitment industry is ideal. However, we will consider people with relevant expertise selling other tailored services. Your core skills will include intelligence and communication, as you'll be interacting with clients from senior to c-suite level.
Ideally degree qualified, you'll be a confident, resourceful, and proactive sales professional who loves the chase and will show tenacity when targeting new business.
Our offices are based near Worcester, so you'll need to be able to attend our site, but we're happy for you to work remotely or hybrid, and we'll consider full or part time hours depending on your situation.
This is a wide-ranged and varied role, so please get in touch by sending your CV or call us at 44 (0)1905 381 320 so we can discuss this in more detail.
