Senior Commodity Buyer

We are seeking a senior procurement professional to join a global leader in the design and manufacture of subsea telecom cabling.

This role will be focused on our marine category, responsible for identifying, optimizing and managing supplier relationships for the outsourced marine survey services we use on subsea cabling projects.

Key Responsibilities

Responsible for pre and post subcontract award management:

• Support bid teams with cost estimates for outsourced marine survey services.
• Work with project and technical stakeholders to identify survey requirements and develop effective sourcing strategies
• Identify and assess potential suppliers through market research, screening and competitive tendering
• Manage RFQs, supplier clarifications, bid evaluations and commercial assessments
• Prepare bid summaries and purchasing recommendations for internal stakeholders
• Coordinate technical evaluations with marine survey specialists and project teams
• Lead commercial and contractual negotiations and award contracts to selected suppliers
• Ensure purchase requisitions and orders are approved in SAP before contract commencement
• Manage contract execution, variations and commercial issues through to completion
• Ensure contractual obligations are clearly communicated to relevant internal stakeholders
• Manage the marine survey supplier portfolio, including onboarding, risk assessments, financial and QHSE screening, compliance and performance reviews
• Own and implement the Marine Survey Purchasing Strategy, covering sourcing priorities, supplier portfolio, market capacity and competitiveness
• Monitor supplier markets, vessel availability, commercial conditions and industry developments
• Identify and qualify new suppliers to maintain competition, capacity and market coverage.
• Build and maintain strong commercial relationships with key suppliers and internal stakeholders
• Drive purchasing KPIs, focusing on cost savings, payment terms, supplier performance, quality and HSE
• Develop key and preferred supplier relationships and longer-term sourcing agreements in line with purchasing strategy
• Maintain historical cost data, market benchmarks and commercial intelligence to support accurate project costing
• Monitor contracted costs against project budgets, identifying variances and commercial risks.
• Coach and develop junior purchasing colleagues, sharing knowledge of projects, processes and suppliers

About You

• Degree or Industry Level qualification in Supply Chain, Procurement or similar
• Demonstrable experience as Category Buyer, Commodity Buyer of project related services
• Background working on offshore, marine, wind/energy, subsea or similar projects – highly beneficial
• Experience managing RFQs, supplier evaluations, commercial negotiations and service contracts
• Experience working with international suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders
• Good understanding of contractual and commercial principles

Benefits

• 26 Days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Pension Match, up to 11%
• Private Healthcare
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work
• Hybrid Working Flexibility
• Free onsite parking
• Onsite restaurant