Senior Buyer
John Sisk & Son Ltd
Senior Buyer
Sisk, a family-owned international construction and engineering group, is seeking a Senior Buyer to manage procurement and hire of construction plant and equipment for projects. The role is initially based in Amsterdam for a 4-year period and requires senior buyer experience in the plant and equipment sector. Responsibilities include managing the plant hire lifecycle, negotiating supplier quotations, and ensuring compliance with safety and environmental requirements.
Senior Buyer
Sisk, a family-owned international construction and engineering group, is seeking a Senior Buyer to manage procurement and hire of construction plant and equipment for projects. The role is initially based in Amsterdam for a 4-year period and requires senior buyer experience in the plant and equipment sector. Responsibilities include managing the plant hire lifecycle, negotiating supplier quotations, and ensuring compliance with safety and environmental requirements.
Salary
Core Qualifications
Technical (Must-have)
Soft Skills
Preferred Qualifications
Technical (Nice-to-have)
Key Responsibilities
- Servicing allocated requisitions for the purchase and hire of construction plant, equipment, attachments and associated services in accordance with Sisk procedures and project programmes.
- Obtain, analyse and negotiate supplier quotations; prepare commercial comparisons and recommend best-value solutions considering rates, transport, mobilisation, maintenance, fuel or energy, utilisation, insurance, damage and off-hire costs.
- Manage the plant hire lifecycle from enquiry and order through delivery, on-hire, extensions, transfers and off-hire, maintaining accurate records and ensuring timely returns.
- Attend procurement & project meetings and support the project teams with sourcing, planning, expediting plant requirements.
- Agree and maintain supplier rates, frameworks and agreements in liaison with the Supply Chain and Plant Commercial teams; maximise use of preferred agreements and rebate opportunities.
- Liaise with Supply Chain & Ops team with regards to supplier onboarding, equipment certification, inspection records, operator requirements and project-specific safety and environmental compliance before mobilisation.
- Monitor supplier performance, plant availability, delivery, service response, breakdowns and invoice accuracy; coordinate review meetings and corrective actions.
- Identify procurement opportunities to CAPEX plant, alternative equipment and sustainable or low-emission plant solutions that improve cost, programme and project outcomes.
- Provide current market intelligence on rates, availability, lead times, innovation and supply-chain capacity to project and work-winning teams.
- Resolve invoice and account queries and maintain procurement trackers, savings, commitments, purchase orders and supporting records in COINS or the relevant ERP system.