Buyer - SPA

Mott MacDonald Bentley are recruiting for a Buyer to join the Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA).

The 330km Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) Project by Anglian Water is under construction and will be completed during AMP8. Beyond this we have a further 260km of water transfer pipelines and associated infrastructure to be delivered in AMP8.

What will you be doing as our new Buyer?

You will support the Ecosystem Managers to deliver their programme of work, including learning and developing procurement skills, such as obtaining quotations, bid analysis, tender recommendations, SPA governance, and developing product knowledge for understanding site requirements.

You will be raising SAP purchase orders as requested, facilitating the timely approval of purchase orders ensuring compliance with supply chain procedures and processes, provide guidance & support to the wider business in terms of order management and the end-to-end purchase to pay process, and support the Finance Team in managing on-time payment to SPA Ecosystem Partners ensuring correct Governance is followed.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a gate keeper to ensure the quality of requisitions converted to Purchase Order contain correct information including a link to a framework number, and a description which is understood to the supplier and for internal reporting.
• Ensure all governance documentation is attached to PAL or NFP folder.
• The receipt and conversion of requisitions to purchase orders is consistent with defined policies, procedures, minimum standards and within defined levels of service.
• Processing New Vendor set up, and NFP signoffs as required.
• Providing positive feedback to requisitioners to ensure best practice and quality of requisitions to enable first time conversion.
• Invoice queries to be addressed promptly and in-line with the in-dispute process where required
• Proactively engage with the “purchase to pay” community to offer support and guidance on supply chain issues and promote the benefits of an efficient purchase to pay system
• Provide support and guidance to the wider business on matters such as supplier information, order processing, requisition status and other relevant purchase to pay matters.
• Support delivery teams’ procurement requirements; obtain quotations and raise orders on PAL
• Use reporting to improve supplier performance
• Support the integration and compliance of supply chain partners
• Support the Ecosystem Managers with problem solving issues within the supply chain process

A Little Bit About Your Skills, Experience, And Behaviours

This job might be for you if you have

• Knowledge of relevant ERP systems and processes
• Experience of the efficient use of data to benefit the business
• Knowledge of the data elements of SAP MM and SRM (SAP access training will be provided on start-up)
• Experience influencing and challenging internal stakeholders & Originators
• The ability to deal with a high-volume workload and meet strict deadline

Here at SPA we are looking for extraordinary people who want to help create a place where everyone can thrive and where people are excited to be part of the team. So, whatever your background and however you identify, please apply if you think this role was made for you.

JN Bentley Benefits can be found on the booklet attached.