Costain are working with Thames Water on a variety of water and wastewater projects and have fantastic opportunities for individuals to join our growing AMP8 delivery team, working predominantly across the Thames Valley and Thames South regions. There is a mix of projects ranging from smaller capital maintenance to large civil new build schemes.
We are looking to strengthen our Procurement team with a Framwork Buyer for our Thames Water AMP8 Delivery Framework, to ensure that the end to end procurement of materials, equipment, plant, and machinery to support multiple site operations across the project sites is undertaken robustly ensuring delivery programmes are met. This role will require interface with the delivery teams, procurement and commercial team, as well as the SHE and wider framework support teams.
At Costain, we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation. If you’re passionate about making a positive impact and think you can bring value to our team, we’d love to hear from you—even if you don’t tick every box. Your unique skills and experiences could be exactly what we need.
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- Efficient & effective day-to-day management of supply chain in support of Site requirements for goods and services.
- Evaluation of requisitions, ensuring best market value is obtained, processing of requested materials and plant by Purchase Orders via the IFS platform.
- Embed and utilise the well-established, procurement Frameworks & Subcontracts to providing end-to-end Supply Chain advice, sourcing, supply assurance, delivery, supply chain management and tasking against requirements.
- Collaboratively develop/prepare and issue tender packages with key stakeholders to ensure alignment of targets, improve supplier performance, and implement continuous improvement plans.
- Check and prepare subcontract agreements, issuing to subcontractors via the DocuSign platform and maintaining distribution and execution records.
- Take ownership for the negotiation of commercial terms, conditions and levels of service (inc KPI’s) with suppliers.
- Collaborate with peers to develop and enhance value, systems, process, and best practice sharing to help the team achieve best in class performance and bring consistency to sourcing activities
- Take ownership/maintain and enhance IFS database and other software and processes. Develop in-depth knowledge of IFS and work towards becoming the Procurement owner and champion for the system.
- Establish and develop excellent working relationship with the Client; Customers; Suppliers, internal functions and other relevant external bodies.
Essential
- Confident in communicating, influencing and building relationships with cross-functional colleagues, suppliers and business stakeholders.
- Be a self-starter and be able to represent the procurement function.
- Commercially astute
- Networking and business influence
- To always carry out your Purchasing duties in-line with the CIPS Ethical Policy
- Microsoft suite of products proven track record
- Develop and maintain close working relationship with all key stakeholders