Senior Buyer

We're looking for a Senior Buyer to join our Strategic Projects Business at Kier Group.

Location: Nationwide.

Hours: Full Time, Permanent. Flexible working options available.

• This role can be based anywhere in the country but will involve some travel to visit projects throughout the week.
  
  
  

Responsibilities

The Senior Buyerwill be involved in the following key areas:

• Pre & Post-Contract Procurement – Engage in design meetings, product selection, supply chain development, and cost certainty pre-construction. Manage requisitions, orders, supplier evaluations, and tracking post-contract.
• Procurement Process & Compliance – Ensure adherence to Kier procurement standards (CS3 & KCSP), maintain procurement filing structures, and develop subcontract documentation.
• Tendering & Supplier Management – Lead tendering processes, negotiate and place subcontract orders, compare tender returns, and oversee subcontractor agreements and performance.
• Risk Management & Value Engineering – Identify risks, implement mitigation strategies, and drive cost-saving initiatives through value engineering.
• Training, Guidance & System Management – Provide procurement training, support site teams in Kier and Oracle systems, and ensure efficient use of purchasing platforms.
  
  
  

What are we looking for?

In a Senior Buyer we would like you to demonstrate:

• Excellent communication skills– both oral and written.
• Excellent IT skills – experience of e-tendering systems
• Previous experience working for a Main Contractor
• Previous Sub-Contract buying experience
  
  
  

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards And Benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

Due to the nature of this role you will be required to complete a Government Security Check (SC) Clearance which takes place before your employment, and is conducted by the Cabinet Office's United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) agency who set out a pre-requisite criteria including residency history. (Applicants with criminal convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any offences disclosed to us - To read more about our programme to support people with convictions into employment, visit www.kier.co.uk/careers/making-ground). This role will also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier