Contact:

Jonathan Matthews

Contact email:

jonathan.matthews@butlerross.co.uk

Butler Ross are pleased to be supporting a global utilities organisation in their search for a highly-capable Senior Category Buyer, with a background in construction, infrastructure, or engineering projects. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on some of the UK's most critical, high-value projects - from multi-million to £1Billion+ in value.

This permanent position is offering a salary of £52-£57,000 + Bonus, and operates on a fully-remote basis (with occasional ad-hoc in-office/site visit requirements). Whilst this is fully-remote, you will need to be situated, and eligible to work, within the UK to be considered for this opportunity.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Accountability for the development of category strategies, commercial recommendations and execution of sourcing strategy.
• Delivering multiple strategic sourcing events within your portfolio
• Supporting the overall development and delivery of assigned category strategy
• Identifying continuous improvement category opportunities through engagement with suppliers and stakeholders, and maximising value for money from contracts awarded.

Ideally, you will have:

• Significant experience of strategic sourcing and category management generally
• Procurement experience specifically relating to engineering, civil works, or large scale infrastructure construction projects
• Prior experience delivering procurement services over the full procurement life cycle
• An understanding of project management principles - with prior experience managing high-value procurements especially within project environments of great complexity

If you are interested in this position or would like to discuss the specifics in more detail, please either apply via this advert or feel free to contact us directly.

This position would be well suited to individuals with prior high-value project experience, that have previously held any of the following positions:

Senior Buyer / Strategic Buyer / Lead Buyer / Category Buyer / Senior Strategic Buyer / Senior Category Buyer / Category Manager / Category Lead / Procurement Manager / Project Buyer / Senior Project Buyer / Procurement Lead / Procurement Specialist

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