Senior Buyer

Skanska, one of the world's leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

In partnership with National Highways, Skanska is delivering the A47 road improvement project aimed at reducing congestion and enhancing safety. We are looking for a Senior Buyer to join our Infrastructure team in Norwich to work on this project. The purpose of this role is to negotiate, and place material and plant orders against operational and business requirements and support win work activities.

What you'll do:

• Minimise the cost of plant and materials and services to Skanska whilst supporting the need for a safe and sustainable supply chain.
• Use Skanska's Oracle ERP system to place orders, manage tenders and run reports.
• Negotiate with suppliers and work to project and bid timelines.
• Produce tender recommendation reports for procurement management approval.
• Visit suppliers and manufacturers to develop relationships and broaden knowledge.
• Support internal and external procurement audits and assist or lead tender activities in collaboration with internal teams to meet bid deadlines.
• Management and development of others including buyers and procurement administrators.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Degree level qualification or qualified by experience.
• Computer competence (Office 365, ERP systems).
• Experience of procurement in construction industry, including negotiation and technical knowledge.
• Ideally, membership of professional body (RCIS, CIPS), or working towards.

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic - we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using or call - Option 5 & 1, if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us:

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.