Project Buyer (Site based)
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Job Title: Project Buyer
Location: Oxford, United Kingdom
We are seeking an experienced Project Purchase Specialist for our supply chain management team in the UK during a pivotal period of growth. In this role, you will be responsible to support project procurement activities related to field operation, implementing comprehensive sourcing and procurement strategies that optimize costs, enhance supplier quality, and improve reliability. Additionally, in your role you will report to the Head of Supply Chain, keeping constant update on project procurement plan, project procurement status report, vendor management and relevant risk assessments. Your role will be crucial through the project execution, ensuring effective management of supplier-related risks and opportunities.
What will you do?
Sourcing Strategy – Act as supply chain representative at site supporting the field operation in terms of procurement activities for site needs. Ensures all relevant parties in the company understand strategies and execute company processes accordingly. Aligns project supply chain activities with the Head of Supply Chain organization’s sourcing strategies and approved vendor list. Ensure best cost, quality, sustainability and delivery performance.
Supplier Relations – Manages relationships with suppliers (including negotiations, and purchase orders) in partnership with the Head of Supply Chain. Conduct direct negotiations with the vendors to meet the project target prices.
Procedures – Applies company procurement procedures and plans and ensures appropriate implementation and compliance by the project team
Monitoring – Monitors the total expenses in terms of site running costs. Pro-actively works to resolve issues related to procurement cost, quality and delivery.
Process Excellence – Collaborates with project team to identify new suppliers and ensures vendors prequalification as per company standards
Documentation – Documents general and special conditions for use on all project purchase documents, project procurement procedures, and project procurement plans and ensures compliance
Requirements:
Experince working in an electrical biased business
Experience in project procurement negotiations for small / medium size orders
Experienced in handling Category Management and proficient in timely finalising main orders for the Substation Equipment preferred.
Possess strong technical knowledge in electrical engineering.
Analytical leadership with an independent and solution-oriented working style, as well as strong communicative and collaborative skill.
Experience in commercial negotiations.
Competencies/ Skills Required:
Degree in Electrical Engineering.
Professional Presentation skills.
About Linxon:
Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity.
We combine Hitachi Energy’s deep technological knowledge and Atkins Realis’s project management expertise to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon.
Linxon’s vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world-class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects.
As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy and transportation.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future. If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the Substations EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you.
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