Requirements
Applicants must be a fully qualified CIPS member or working toward qualification, with experience in contract development and management, including performance monitoring and problem resolution. Experience supporting project and capital expenditure purchasing, managing tender processes, using procurement systems, liaising with technical representatives, and working to procedures is required.
Job Description
Our Business
px PEOPLE, their commitment to excellence, innovation and teamwork, are the reason for px Group’s continuing growth and success story. We aim to be the elite provider of operations management, engineering services and energy management solutions in high hazard, highly regulated industries nationally and as we grow, across Europe and globally. For more information visit www.pxlimited.com
In the UK, we own, operate and are significantly developing the 370 acre top tier COMAH site Saltend Chemicals Park (SCP.) With a cluster of world-class chemicals and renewable energy businesses, it’s strategically positioned on the UK’s busiest ports complex and at the forefront of our energy transition plans.
The Opportunity
We are now recruiting for a Senior Buyer on a 12 month fixed term contract.
In this role you will ensure goods and services are procured at the best possible price and quality, and that they meet the needs and provide the most efficient support possible. You will also be responsible for the management and development contracts for goods and services to meet the requirements of Saltend Chemicals Park.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage all procurement activities at Saltend Chemicals Park.
- Contract development, including terms & conditions, structure, strategy and cross-site initiatives
- Appropriate contract management, including identification of supply chain efficiencies and supplier performance issues.
- Provide ongoing management of contracts in liaison with nominated technical representatives and other internal customers
- Project and Capex purchasing support, including selection of appropriate contracting styles.
- Assist with the management of the px invitation to tender process.
- Contributing to the on-going development of and compliance with the px procurement policy, procedures and systems.
- Coordinate and manage any client and/or supplier related audits.
- Promote the use of the PSS system.
- Liaise with the relevant departments in the pre-qualification of all suppliers.
- Support in relation to compliance with legal and finance functions.
Minimum Requirements:
- Fully qualified member of CIPS, or working towards
- Contract development & administration including: terms and conditions, structure, strategy, performance monitoring, and problem resolution.
- Contract management including identification of supply chain efficiencies & performance issues
- Experience liaising with technical representatives.
- Project & Capex purchasing support experience
- Management/admin of invitation to tender processes experience
- Experience with procurement systems
- Experience of working to procedures
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Please note this role may close early or be extended depending on the volume of applications.
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About px Group
px Group is a fully integrated infrastructure solutions business which delivers net zero and stakeholder success through elite performance in the safety, availability, reliability and efficiency of energy infrastructure, industrial processes and related commercial activities - unlocking value for our customers as a trusted partner. Part of the Ara Partners portfolio of companies, Ara Partners is a private equity firm specialising in industrial decarbonisation investments. Operating on a 24/7 basis, providing services at this level requires professionalism and competence coupled with a safety and environmentally conscious mind set to deliver operational excellence. This capability has been shaped by a 25 year history in managing, operating and maintaining some of Europe’s most significant industrial infrastructure including two of the UK’s largest and most strategic gas processing facilities. px Group also owns Saltend Chemicals Park at the heart of the UK’s Energy Estuary in the Humber, home to several world-leading manufacturing businesses such as Mitsubishi Chemicals, INEOS, and Vivergo Fuels and the location for Equinor’s hydrogen production plant with carbon capture, the anchor project for Zero Carbon Humber. This introduction of hydrogen at our Saltend Park, and our continuous search with all current and new industrial users for further synergies in energy and resource use will help to transform the park into a future proof Green Energy Park. We are committed to the Energy Transition, and reducing emissions across all our operations, including the sites we manage and operate on behalf of our clients. We are growing internationally and are involved in some of the newest flagship waste-to-fuels projects including ReNew’s plastic recycling plant in Teesside and GIDARA Energy’s advanced biofuels facility in Amsterdam which will convert non-recyclable waste into bio-methanol.
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