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Project Buyer – Freedom Group

Leeds or London (potential for Hybrid Working)

Permanent

Competitive Salary & Benefits
Freedom Group have a brilliant opportunity for a Project Buyer to join their team in either Leeds or London, with potential for hybrid working. Reporting to the Procurement Manager (Connections), this role will support the management of current projects and assist in new Tenders where required.

Project Buyer – Freedom Group
Leeds or London (potential for Hybrid Working)
Permanent
Competitive Salary & Benefits
Freedom Group have a brilliant opportunity for a Project Buyer to join their team in either Leeds or London, with potential for hybrid working. Reporting to the Procurement Manager (Connections), this role will support the management of current projects and assist in new Tenders where required.
You’ll work closely with the commercial team, and flex across Direct and Indirect categories to include Sub-Contractors, Civils, Utilities, Cabling, Switchgears, Transformers etc.
Some of the key deliverables in this role include:

• Negotiate pricing and lead times to obtain the best value for the company
• Assisting in managing supply chains and supplier engagement to maximise value for the business unit and the wider division.
• Working effectively with operational and commercial teams to ensure items are sourced and delivered to meet project needs.
• Work with Operational teams on an on-going basis to ensure that sub-contractors and suppliers are the best fit for the contract and continue to deliver value to support contract retention and exemplar customer satisfaction
• Dealing with day-to-day queries from operations to ensure project targets and service level agreements are met throughout the supply chain.

What we’re looking for :
We’re looking for candidates with experience of project-based Procurement who bring confidence, knowledge and drive to the team. Ideally, you’ll be CIPS qualified or willing to obtain relevant CIPS qualifications and have the following experience:

• Managed project procurement spends and the purchase of key materials to support project delivery
• Mix of direct and indirect procurement experience and capability
• Confident, enthusiastic and encourages creativity. Understands the needs of stakeholders and as a result, engages them.
• Able to supports colleagues who are operating within a range of different sectors.
• Understand the markets we operate in and can anticipate the effect upon our business and reacts accordingly.
• Able to travel within the UK to support projects as required.

Benefits:
We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:

• Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays with an option to Buy/Sell additional days
• Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice)
• Flexible benefits to choose from including: Dental Insurance, Gym Membership, Give-As-You Earn, Travel Insurance and Tax Free Bikes.

Next Steps:
As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.
We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notic e. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.
About Us
Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.
Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies
Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.
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