Buyer
| Company: | J Murphy & Sons |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £28000-55000 per annum |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Ollerton, NG22 9PZ |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 13 Aug 2026 |
| Closing date: | 10 Sept 2026 |
Summary
Murphy is recruiting for a Buyer to work with Energy on Murphy OHL Diversions and New Build
Our business is well-known for its extensive in-house expertise, experience, and continuous drive to innovate within the industry to create added value for all our customers. Throughout our history we have strived to challenge the norm and incorporate a wide range of new technologies and capabilities to ensure we meet the ever-changing markets and demands. Today we support groundbreaking transmission and distribution projects in four countries
- ensuring their energy security for decades to come.
We offer a wide range of services including design, construction and commissioning. We deliver Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) projects serving both regulated and private customers along with technical and engineering solutions within the conventional power and energy transition markets. Our continual drive to innovate, while encouraging sustainability, ensures we remain at the forefront of the industry, and is demonstrated in our long-standing relationships with major energy providers in multiple countries.
A day in the life of a Murphy Buyer
- Ensure contract arrangements and package details are comprehensive and protect the business in its dealings with suppliers and sub-contractors.
- Monitor the supply chain performance, workload and financial status to protect the corporate position.
- Ensure supplier evaluation forms and risk assessments are maintained
- Work package procurement
- Deliver a consistent procurement approach across all projects within the region from work winning / pre-construction stage.
- Demonstrate best overall value for money in the procurement recommendations and negotiation process is applied in engagement
- Ensure decisions are not focussed upon lowest price but overall best value for money
- Input to the monitoring of the market place to ensure awareness of pricing trends, risks and opportunities.
- Continuously seek out and assess new supply chain members to meet regional project demand.
- Support the development of the supply chain, products and innovations that bring cost and/or buildability benefits.
- Develop and forge closer relationships with the strategic supply chain to encourage a culture of inclusive interaction and learning and an atmosphere of mutual respect and understanding.
- Establish good relationships with internal clients and project teams
- Attend regional supply chain events as required to promote and sell Murphy and encourage teamwork
Still interested, does this sound like you?
- Demonstrable experience of Subcontract buying
- Ideally with OHL experience
- Ideally knowledge and understanding of work practices, processes and procedures within the construction process from pre-construction stage and into construction stage.
- Good understanding of strategic procurement practices
- Knowledge of sustainability within procurement practices
- Product and supplier knowledge relevant to the regional operating unit.
- Good working knowledge of contracts
- Must be able to travel and happy to go to site.