Buyer in Lincolnshire

Due to continued growth we are seeking a Buyer to join an HV Substation project in Lincolnshire. The Buyer is a pivotal role within the site delivery team, responsible for overseeing the procurement of essential materials, equipment, and services required for the successful execution of projects. Based at the Lincolnshire project office you will be responsible for providing procurement and supply chain activities in line with company and client policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Efficient & effective day-to-day management of supply chain in support of Site requirements for goods and services.
• Evaluation of requisitions, ensuring best market value is obtained, processing of requested materials and plant by Purchase Orders via the IFS platform.
• Embed and utilise the well-established procurement Frameworks & Subcontracts to provide end-to-end Supply Chain advice, sourcing, supply assurance, delivery, supply chain management and tasking against requirements.
• Collaboratively develop/prepare and issue tender packages with key stakeholders to ensure alignment of targets, improve supplier performance, and implement continuous improvement plans.
• Check and prepare subcontract agreements, issuing to subcontractors via the DocuSign platform and maintaining distribution and execution records.
• Take ownership for the negotiation of commercial terms, conditions and levels of service (inc KPI's) with suppliers.
• Collaborate with peers to develop and enhance value, systems, process, and best practice sharing to help CMDP+ achieve best in class performance and bring consistency to sourcing activities.
• Take ownership/maintain and enhance IFS database and other software and processes.
• Develop in-depth knowledge of IFS and work towards becoming the Procurement owner and champion for the system.
• Establish and develop excellent working relationships with the Client, Customers, Suppliers, internal functions and other relevant external bodies.

Qualifications

• Confident in communicating, influencing and building relationships with cross‑functional colleagues, suppliers and business stakeholders.
• Be a self‑starter and be able to represent the procurement function.
• Commercially astute.
• Networking and business influence.
• To always carry out your Purchasing duties in‑line with the CIPS Ethical Policy.
• Microsoft suite of products proven track record.
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with all key stakeholders.

About Us

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future‑shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery.

Our culture and values underpin everything we do. Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase. We do share individual feedback following an interview. A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that discloses they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high‑peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.