Description
Lead Buyer - Inside IR35
Who are we?
We are United Utilities, the North West's Water and Wastewater Company. It's our job to bring 3.0 million households and thousands of businesses an incredible 1,700 million litres of clean, clear water each day. We take it all away too, treating it so it's safe to go back into the rivers.
Our 5,000 employees are key to achieving our ambitious vision and plans and we all work together to provide a great service to our customers.
This is where you come in
We have an exciting opportunity for a Lead Buyer to join our Capital Delivery team at our Head Office in Warrington.
Working closely with the Regulatory Procurement Category Manager this role has end-to-end procurement responsibility for a large programme of work to specifically support & deliver procurement's in accordance with approved procedures and in line with the requirements of the United Utilities Regulations 2016. The role holder will deliver tender activities, run and structure assessments and work closely with our category teams.
What will you focus on?
From pretender engagement, through tender pack acceptance and ultimately through the procurement cycle, the role holder will be responsible for posting notices, engaging with suppliers and ultimately awarding compliant agreements.
What do you need?
The role holder will have demonstrable knowledge of the infrastructure sector, preferably water. They will have robust commercial background and have managed end to end procurement processes in their career to date. They will be self-sufficient, proactive, and able to advise stakeholders on procurement practices. They will be able to launch, negotiate and award contracts under the various procedures through UCR and be comfortable operating in a regulated procurement environment.
We'd love to hear from you if you are excited about joining a leading FTSE100 organisation at an exciting and challenging period of change. Working from our head office where you will find innovative science labs and award winning contact centres, along with on-site free parking and a free bus service, restaurants and coffee shops, beautiful gardens and lake and discounted on-site gym and much more!
Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.