Project Buyer

Project Buyer Up to £42,000 Milton Keynes Permanent The Opportunity If you''re an experienced Buyer looking for greater ownership and the opportunity to work much closer to the projects your procurement activity supports, this role puts you directly into a live engineering and manufacturing environment.You''ll take ownership of procurement across allocated rail projects, which could mean responsibility for one major programme or several smaller projects at any given time. Working alongside Production Managers and Engineers, you''ll ensure the materials, components and additional services required to keep projects moving are sourced in line with critical delivery dates.This is more than a transactional purchasing role. Requirements can change as projects progress and units are stripped and assessed, meaning you''ll need to respond to new requirements, source replacement components or additional works, manage suppliers and identify potential risks before they impact production.You''ll become part of an established team within a collaborative environment where knowledge is shared, while having clear ownership and accountability for your own projects.For an experienced Buyer from a manufacturing, engineering or project-led environment, this is a singular opportunity to step into the rail sector, applying established procurement experience within a specialist industry while taking ownership of purchasing activity across live engineering projects from requirement through to ..... full job details .....