Procurement Assistant (Construction Consultancy)

Overview

As a Procurement Assistant at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients. 

The Opportunity

In this role you will: 

• Apply your analytical thinking skills to make impactful vendor decisions 
• Benchmark the latest industry trends and practices to keep a fresh view on the competitive landscape 
• Conduct prequalification and shortlisting of suppliers 
• Ensure documentation is well organised and accessible 
• Expertly negotiate agreements with pricing agreements with external partners 
• Have a passion for reducing costs and a track record of success in this area 
• Lead key meetings to monitor progress and collaborate on solving problems 
• Manage contract development, finalisation, and administration with rigorous attention to detail 
• Provide updates via reporting and dashboards 
• Recommend awards based upon your bid analysis and market knowledge 
• Use your excellent focus on details and organizational skills to keep the team running smoothly 

We would love to hear from you if you: 

• Have a passion for reducing costs and a track record of success in this area 
• Adapt to new processes with agility and enthusiasm 
• Are an excellent communicator verbally and in writing 
• Are enthusiastic about being part of a global team, and able to flex your hours to engage across regions and time zones 
• Love a dynamic environment with the opportunity to manage your own priorities and deadlines 
• Thrive on building strong relationships with your team and clients through a shared purpose and sense of openness and fun 

All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.

About us

Linesight is a highly successful global project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You see we’re not like the others. We’re different. Unique. It’s our fresh thinking and focus on what matters that has led to our evolving. We are on a journey working in some of the most exciting innovative sectors with some of the world’s most prestigious companies delivering major projects that deliver a more sustainable built environment. We have an open culture and a flat structure where you can expect to be treated with genuine care, respect, and empathy. With Linesight, you can truly discover the power of team!  

Diversity, inclusion and accessibility   

Linesight is committed to transparent, equal opportunity employment practices. We are building a diverse and inclusive organisation, accessible to all, based on having a safe culture which enables all our people to be their true selves. We are a people business, and we understand that the more inclusive we are, the happier our people and better our work will be. We will ensure that individuals with disability are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace. If you require assistance or accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you!