Senior Buyer (Housing & Construction)

Senior Buyer (Housing & Construction)

£50,160.29

Norse Groups Support Services Division has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Buyer to join the Procurement team on a full time, permanent basis, supporting Alliance Norse, this will be based at our Head Office, Unity Place.

The role

As the Senior Buyer, you will be responsible for managing end-to-end procurement activities from concept through to contract award, including market analysis, sourcing, tendering, commercial negotiations and contract implementation. You will build strong supplier and stakeholder relationships, ensuring value for money, effective supply chain management and successful Procurement project delivery.

The successful candidate will have experience in construction procurement, tendering and supplier management, together with a good understanding of construction contracts, particularly JCT. The person must be comfortable with travelling to ensure regular presence in both Norwich and Buxton.

The role

• To develop and implement Norse Group sourcing and procurement category plans for Alliance Norse.
• Understand, review and advise on JCT contract terms and creation.
• To run and manage full public sector tendering processes via Find a Tender Service FTS.
• Ensure spend and procurement processes are compliant with the Procurement Act 2023
• Supplier engagement; selection, evaluation, contracting and ongoing management.
• Implementation of initiatives, through effective program and project management.
• Provide regular market analysis for key spend areas, benchmark data and supplier evaluation, to support procurement planning and risk management.
• Focus and presence balanced between Procurement Team and Alliance Norse (Buxton) to ensure effective integration, delivery and pro-active development of stakeholder relationships.

Our successful candidate

• Experience in Construction procurement, ideally a housing association or local authority setting.
• Working knowledge and experience of JCT contracts.
• MRICS or AssRICs - Desirable.
• Understanding of public sector procurement.
• Understanding of strategic sourcing tools and techniques.
• Good, working knowledge of procurement performance measures, processes, and contracts.
• Full UK Driving Licence.- (Travel once a month to our Buxton office).

Our offer 

Alongside the opportunity to join a close knit, experienced team, we offer a range of benefits that include;

• Salary £50,160.29.
• 4+4 sickness scheme.
• 33 Days annual leave including bank holiday.
• Stat Nest Pension.
• Free onsite parking.
• Access to company discounts and offers.

We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment and eliminate unlawful and or unfair discrimination.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. If you have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful and will not be progressed to the next stage.