MEP Buyer

We're looking for a MEP Buyer to join our Kier Mechanical & Electrical team at Kier Group

Location: Flexible. Can work remotely and from regional office
Hours: - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

As a MEP Buyer, you'll play a vital role in managing procurement resources across our projects, working to maximise planned gross margin and ensure efficient delivery. You'll be the gatekeeper for material requisitions, building strong supplier relationships and supporting our teams across the UK on complex and challenging projects. This is an opportunity to make a real impact within our established MEP self-delivery business.

What will you be responsible for?

As a MEP Buyer, you'll be working within the Kier Mechanical & Electrical team, supporting them in delivering successful projects through effective procurement and supply chain management. Your day to day will include:

• Managing and progressing requisitions, ensuring they meet quality standards and company procedures
• Negotiating with suppliers and raising purchase orders, identifying opportunities for value engineering and innovation
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with suppliers and stakeholders across the business
• Supporting commercial teams with pricing, tender reviews and achieving individual savings targets
• Ensuring compliance with policies and procedures, maintaining supplier lists and managing invoice queries in a timely manner

What are we looking for?

This role of MEP Buyer is great for you if:

• You have excellent organisational and administration skills with the ability to plan effectively in a demanding environment
• You're a strong communicator with excellent customer service skills and can build relationships at all levels
• You have experience working both as part of a team and on your own initiative
• You possess commercial negotiation skills and understand procurement models and budget control
• You're proficient in Microsoft Office and have a proactive, collaborative approach to your work

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

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.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier #LI-AS2