Buyer - Sywell, United Kingdom - Impact Recruitment

Impact Recruitment

Verified Company

Sywell, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Buyer

Sywell (Office-based)

Permanent
**Full-time, Monday to Friday (37.5 hours, between the hours of 8am

5pm)**
£30,000£35,000

Impact Recruitment are looking for an experienced Buyer for our client based in Sywell.

This is a key role within the business and will be overseeing day to day procurement of a wide-range of services and facility management solutions, obtaining competitive rates for existing clients often in a fast-paced and reactive environment.

You will be a highly motivated and professional individual supporting future growth of the business and developing strong and professional relationships with our supply chain and other key stakeholders externally.

Key duties and responsibilities of the Buyer:

Delivering value-for-money across all procurement activities, ensuring timely and professional service for our clients.
Supporting the wider team with developing our approach to support strategic supply, e.g. robust tender exercises, qualitative assessments, utilisation of higher value T&Cs.
Checking supplier validity, capacity, and competence; measuring and managing performance of suppliers.
Datainput and reporting (including savings) in line with project requirements.
Liaison with internal teams and suppliers to resolve ordermatching, invoice queries expediently and ensure ontime payments.
Being an advocate for the procurement function in general, assuring process compliance and seeking opportunities for improvement / innovation as appropriate
Work with the Senior management team to support the development and implementation of the procurement strategy, for construction and facilities management clients aligning with business growth plans.
Working with key suppliers to obtain best price and service solutions to support client and organisational objectives.
Provide analysis and reports to senior management team to achieve value for money and optimum service levels.
Source new suppliers for new and existing projects.
Ensure compliance requirements are supplied and internal systems are updated and maintained
Manage, collate & review procurement statistics to identify trends and areas for improvement. Identifying potential savings and efficiencies.

Key experience and skills required for the Buyer:

Extensive buyer / procurement experience, preferably in construction or waste / facilities management environments, or similar.
Strong leadership and organisational skills.
Excellent communication, and interpersonal abilities.
Strong negotiation and professional presentation skills
Highly motivated and team orientated.
Knowledge of sustainability principles, industry trends, and the desire to work in an ESGfocused workplace.
Excellent IT skills and familiarity with all Microsoft Office and bespoke software packages
Strong analytical and problemsolving abilities.
Project management experience would be advantageous.