Supply Chain Job - Interim Regional Capex Buyer

We’ve been partnered with this FTSE100 business for over 20 years successfully placing Interim candidates in procurement roles.

Interim Regional Capex Buyer – What You’ll be Doing:

• Maximize the delivery of Capital Projects

• Champion the project safety culture, behaviors, and engagement activities.

• Act as project procurement partner for site Capital Projects.

• Provide Work Package sourcing support for Category owners (as per Ariba Guided Buying).

• Secure buy in and introduction of Procurement at the early project stage to define best contracting and procurement strategies considering project triggers, constraints and risks.

• Accountability for defining and executing robust contracting and procurement strategies (e.g. EPCM, EPC, IPD).

• Work Package sourcing in line with global category strategies.

• Accountability for Procurement and Contracts performance during project execution (e.g. steering attendance, contract and performance management, change and claim management, contract close-out).

• Sharing of supplier performance data with other Category Managers and being supported by the same.

• Execute Supplier Relationship Management with main contractors and conduct regular business reviews with senior management to ensure business requirements are met, robust ongoing performance evaluation, with a key focus on Continuous Improvement

• Facilitate collaborative working relationships that promote generation and sharing of ideas and innovation that challenge status quo, drives efficiencies and reduces waste, time and cost.

• Sourcing and Implementation of all CCES categories in the Region

• CCES categories: Professional Services (Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management, Project Controls and Project Management); Trades (Civil, Structural & Architectural (CSA) Mechanical & Piping (M&P), Electrical, Control & Instrumentation (EC&I).

• As per category strategy and strategic options.

• Source: execute robust, rigorous, competitive tendering and award process aligned with Project Management Framework.

• Implement: operational integration with suppliers, execute strategy.

• Supplier Relationship Management (performance management).

• Capital Construction & Engineering experience mandatory.

• Experience of procuring Professional Services (i.e., design, engineering, and project delivery consultants) and Trade packages within complex, multistage project delivery model (Front End & Execution) e.g., FEED + EPCm.

• Advanced understanding of contractual risk allocation across delivery models (i.e., EPCM, EPC, IPD).

• Advanced understanding of Categories present within capital projects: i.e., Professional Services, Civil, Structural & Architectural, Electrical, Control & Instrumentation, Automation, Mechanical & Piping, Process equipment.

• Experience of working with and drafting standard form contract agreements – FIDIC, NEC, IChemE; NEC preferred.

• Experience of working with Lump Sum, Cost Plus, Re-measurable & Target Cost models.

• Good People management both downward and upward.

• Good project management skills.

• Extensive experience across key procurement processes: Category strategy and category management, market analysis, RFx, negotiation, contract drafting & management, Supplier Performance Evaluation & Supplier Relationship Management, project management of full end-to-end sourcing process on defined purchasing categories.

• Ability to influence stakeholder behaviours in a changing/evolving environment.

• Ability to leverage past experience and industry knowledge to continuously motivate change both inside & outside area of direct responsibilities.

• Strong analytical skills, ability to extract key information from complex datasets.

• Strong communicator with ability to interact in multidisciplinary environment and work in teams in a highly complex organization.

• Strong Leadership behaviours and Change management skills.

• Developed and effective negotiation skills.

• up to £450 PAYE/£588 umbrella (inside IR35) *equivalent of up to £117k

• Contract – Hybrid

• Rest of the UK

• Ref: 22737

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