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Biffa

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1912

📦 Logistics

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

Logistics • Consulting • Healthcare

Biffa is a leading waste management company in the UK, dedicated to transforming waste into valuable resources and fostering sustainable communities. With over 100 years of experience, Biffa provides comprehensive waste management solutions including waste prevention, recycling, and recovery processes. The company is deeply committed to the circular economy and plays a pivotal role in the UK's efforts to tackle climate change. Offering services to small, medium, and large businesses as well as local authorities, Biffa focuses on reducing emissions, enhancing recycling efforts, and innovating for environmental sustainability. Biffa also partners with various organizations and institutions to address significant challenges in waste management.

📋 Description

• Develop and maintain compliant, cost-effective disposal and recovery routes for hazardous waste across the UK and Europe • Build and manage relationships with third-party disposal and recovery partners • Negotiate commercial agreements that deliver best value • Lead the Technical team’s commercial pricing function and maintain an accurate pricing matrix • Support customer quotations, tenders and technical assessments with competitive pricing and routing solutions • Identify new treatment technologies, recovery opportunities and market developments • Monitor depot disposal activity, analyse performance and optimise waste routing and costs • Develop and maintain hazardous waste export routes under Transfrontier Shipment Regulations and Basel Convention requirements • Produce commercial reports, KPIs and management presentations • Ensure compliance with hazardous waste legislation and company standards • Work with technical teams, depots, customers and third-party partners to support environmental objectives and business growth

🎯 Requirements

• HNC (minimum) in Chemistry or a related scientific discipline • Proven experience within the hazardous waste industry • Strong understanding of UK disposal and recovery networks • Demonstrable senior-level experience negotiating commercial contracts and supplier agreements • Excellent knowledge of hazardous waste legislation, waste classification and regulatory compliance • Strong commercial awareness balancing technical, regulatory and financial considerations • Full UK driving licence • Flexibility to travel extensively across the UK, including overnight stays where required • Desirable: Degree, Master's or PhD in Chemistry or a related discipline • Desirable: WAMITAB or equivalent waste management qualification • Desirable: Experience establishing and managing hazardous waste export routes under TFS regulations and the Basel Convention • Desirable: Knowledge of ADR transport regulations, hazardous waste permitting and UK Appropriate Measures/BAT guidance • Desirable: Experience supporting large-scale tenders and key account pricing in waste management • Desirable: Strong presentation and stakeholder management skills

🏖️ Benefits

• Home-based, remote role • Regular national travel, including site visits, supplier meetings and occasional overnight stays