On behalf of our client, we are seeking to recruit a Building & Construction Buyer to join them on a contract until July 2027. As the Building & Construction Buyer, you will be performing strategic procurement activities within the Buildings UK team,

Role: Building & Construction Buyer
Pay: Up to -44 per hour Via Umbrella
Location: Broughton, Flintshire - 3 days onsite per week, Tuesday and Thursday are mandatory.
Contract: Monday - Friday 35 hours per week
IR35 Status: Inside
Security Clearance: BPSS

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional project teams within the framework of national and international procurement projects, contribute to the control of the demand, challenge and approve the specifications and run the suppliers selection processes.
• Negotiate, establish and implement national & international frame contracts.
• Follow-up contracts with contract reviews with internal customer base and suppliers, based on consistent and factual KPIs, evaluate and improve suppliers'' performance in terms of time, costs and quality.
• Assess suppliers'' overall performance and the impact of weak performance; and initiate recovery actions when necessary.
• Provide rules and process information to Business Operations to ensure correct execution of transactional procurement activities to full customer satisfaction.
• Participate in the definition of national, trans-national, international and trans-divisional procurement strategies by providing benchmark, costing and "make or buy" analysis.
• Contribute to the implementation of new procurement techniques such as e-procurement and e-catalogues, as needed.
• Monitor savings linked to demand management and procurement performance; contribute to secure and achieve Airbus Savings Programmes'' commitments.
• Develop procurement strategies for harmonised material groups (HMG), or parts of such, where no dedicated category strategy exists; ensure validation of such strategy by the respective internal customer base.

Essential Skills:

• Procurement Business school (master level) or graduated engineer or Architect/construction graduated with good business and procurement knowledge (e.g. supply chain, procurement strategy, market analysis, legal aspects), if possible in Manufacturing Engineering or Facility Management area
• 5 years of experience within procurement or operations or facility management
• Experience in setting up a procurement strategy, in the area of responsibility ("Building & Construction" category)
• Experience in Building project management would be highly appreciated
• Teamwork and transparency; diplomatic, but persevering & responsible
• Strong capabilities to be autonomous without proximity management
• Strong capabilities to deliver
• Strong adherence to ethics & compliance
• Customer focused, always taking into acc
• Languages: English (negotiation level). French, Spanish & German (of advantage)
  

If you are interested in applying for this position and you meet the requirements, please send your updated CV to: Hollie Binstead at Line Up Aviation

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