Senior Buyer
$44,290–$44,290 year
HybridRetford, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Set commercial and sourcing strategies for major programmes and high-value portfolios, providing direction on procurement routes, risk allocation, and contracting approaches for novel, complex, or nationally significant procurements. Negotiate high-value and precedent-setting contracts for major infrastructure, strategic supplier alliances, and complex professional services, while overseeing cost control, forecasting, and financial risk exposure. Act as the senior commercial representative with key delivery partners and external stakeholders, building executive-level relationships and providing trusted commercial counsel to leadership, project teams, and assurance functions. Establish and maintain commercial governance standards across portfolios, offering independent challenge on business cases and contract changes, and lead responses to audit, regulatory scrutiny, and external reviews. Provide strategic guidance to Lead Buyers and wider commercial professionals, championing professional standards and ethical procurement within the STEP prototype fusion plant programme.
Required Qualifications
- Extensive experience in senior commercial, procurement, and contract leadership roles within large, complex, or regulated environments
- Proven track record of leading major programmes or portfolios with high commercial risk and material financial impact
- Deep, applied expertise in public sector procurement legislation (PA23), governance, and assurance
- Demonstrated ability to operate as a senior commercial decision-maker, influencing outcomes at executive level
- Exceptional leadership, judgement, negotiation, and stakeholder management capability
- Studying towards or willing to work towards membership of: Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS), or Alternative recognised Commercial accreditation
- Must complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions
Desired Qualifications
- MCIPS Chartered (or equivalent senior commercial accreditation)
- Experience shaping organisational commercial policy and operating models
- Advanced expertise in NEC and other complex contracting forms
- Experience working with or advising executive boards and senior governance bodies
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