Buyer

Job description

ENGIE is a leading energy and services company focused on three key activities: production and supply of energy, services and regeneration. Our 17,000 employees combine these capabilities for the benefit of individuals, businesses and communities throughout the UK & Ireland.

We enable customers to embrace a lower carbon, more efficient and increasingly digital world. Our customers benefit from our energy efficient and smart building solutions, the provision of effective and innovative services, the transformation of neighbourhoods through regeneration projects, and the supply of reliable, flexible and renewable energy.

ENGIE improves lives through better living and working environments. We help to balance performance with responsibility, enabling progress in a harmonious way.

Globally, the ENGIE Group employs 160,000 people worldwide and achieved revenues of €60.6 billion in 2018.

ENGIE are recruiting for a Buyer to be based in Wrath upon Dearne S63 7ER. This is a permanent full-time role working 08:00 - 16:30 Monday to Thursday & 08:00 - 16:00 Friday. On offer is a competitive salary & benefits package.

The main purpose of the role is to provide a professional, efficient and effective plant and material scheduling / purchasing function for the group & to support the implementation and on-going management of group sourcing arrangements.

Line Management Responsibilities:

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Assistant Buyers

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Procurement Support Assistants

Main Responsibilities/Duties Include:

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Procurement of plant and materials and placing orders ensuring delivery to site in accordance with: Standard company operating procedures, Group preferences, Standard conditions of purchase, Cost / profit improvement targets, Required quality and quantity, Programmed delivery dates

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Actively contribute to enhancing group profits

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Attend and participate in Design Team Meetings to drive specifications towards most commercially advantageous solution

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Produce cost / value reconciliation of purchase orders

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Provide support to Accounts team to ensure prompt resolution of invoice queries / issues

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Contribute to the development of improved purchasing processes and procedures

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Participate and contribute to regular group purchasing meetings and forums to communicate developments, share good practice and up skill our people

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Build excellent supplier relations

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Participate in establishing the group as the industry leader in Supply Chain Management

Required Qualifications, Skills or Experience:

·  Computer literate MS Office, Evision
·  Construction related qualification (ONC / HNC). Have or working towards professional procurement qualification
·  Full valid clean Driving Licence
·  Proven track record
·  Able to supervise and manage others
·  Excellent organization and planning skills
·  Knowledge of best practice supply chain management tools
·  Strong industry and sector knowledge
·  Excellent negotiation skills
·  Team orientated / promotes teamwork
·  Ability to build strong relations internally and externally
·  Disciplined in meeting deadlines
·  Innovative / finds solutions

For more information about ENGIE, please visit:

http://www.engie.com/en/candidates-area/

For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. There is no re-location package with this job role. ENGIE do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

The ENGIE Resourcing Team supports this job advert. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries must come to the resourcing team not direct to ENGIE Managers.

If you are a disabled applicant and meet the minimum outlined in the job description, you will be given the opportunity to demonstrate your abilities at interview.

Additional Information
·  Posting Date: Aug 9, 2019