Buyer

We're looking for a Buyer to join our joint venture with BAM Nuttall based at Hinkley Point C. 

Location: Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset -  remote working available, with occasional travel to the office required

Hours: 45 hours per week  - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

Responsibilities

As a Buyer you'll be working within the commercial team at Hinkley team, supporting the operational team with the procurement and delivery of several (Task Order) Contracts on the Hinkley Point C Project.

Your day to day will include:

• Develop professional, robust and effective working relationships with Suppliers, Sub Contractors and Service Providers who will provide best value to the project.
• Assist the Procurement team with compiling tender packages of high value critical items for procurement including the commercial tender analysis up to and including selection using KPI scoring.
• Resolve invoice queries and liaise with other departments to ensure prompt payment of suppliers in line with our payment terms.
• Responsible and accountable for the procurement of plant, equipment, and nuclear grade materials for the project, focusing on logistics, quality and cost operating within delegated authorities.
• The collation of live hire Plant reports. This will involve leading weekly meetings with the commercial and operations teams co-ordinating and maintaining a running weekly cost of all plant on site across the various Task Order Contracts.
• Promote Social Value through the supply chain and report to the parent company the spend on SME's with the local supply chain.

What are we looking for?

This role of Buyer is great for you if:

• You have an understanding of the NEC suite of contracts including Target Costs.  
• You have demonstrable experience in a procurement role supporting the delivery of construction on a large nuclear sector related project.
• You have excellent communication and negotiation skills and are able to work as part of a team to deliver the project and company objectives. 
• Experience using ERP systems including COINS and Microsoft applications

Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role and the nature of the work at this site, you will be required to complete a Government Security BPSS Check , which takes place before your employment, and is conducted by the Cabinet Office's United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) agency who set out a pre-requisite criteria including residency history. (Applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us - to read more about our programme to support people with convictions into employment, visit www.kier.co.uk/careers/making-ground). This role will also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier