Buyer

Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS); Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading procurement organization in the UK seeks a Buyer for their team. This role involves strategic procurement for the Fire and Security portfolio, negotiating with suppliers, and managing stakeholder relationships. Ideal candidates will have procurement experience, strong negotiation skills, and a good understanding of supplier management. The position is hybrid based in Birmingham, London, Bristol, or Northampton, offering a comprehensive benefits package including financial wellbeing assistance and flexible lifestyle benefits.

Benefits

Virtual GP service

Financial wellbeing assistance

Flexible lifestyle benefits platform

High street discounts

Cycle-to-work scheme

Enhanced pension contributions

Career development opportunities

Employee recognition rewards

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement or purchasing industry, preferably in fire and security products.
• Good understanding of process, supplier management, and tendering.

Responsibilities

• Conduct strategic procurement activities including high value sourcing.
• Negotiate with suppliers to achieve best market value.
• Develop category strategies aligned with business needs.
• Manage and support internal stakeholders across departments.
• Implement and maintain supplier management programs.

Skills

Strong negotiation skills

Stakeholder management

Cost reduction identification

Excellent communication

Education

CIPS qualification

Job description

Buyer - Fire & Security

Birmingham, London, Bristol, Northampton or Manchester (can be based in either of these offices) - Hybrid

We are looking for a Buyer to join our Procurement team, reporting to the Senior Buyer. You will play a key role in supporting category strategy development and sourcing activities, ensuring supply chain solutions are fit for purpose, cost-effective, and innovation. This role will cover our Fire and Security portfolio including the integration of new acquisitions.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic procurement activities including complex high value sourcing and negotiations
• Negotiate with suppliers to achieve best market value and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Develop category strategies aligned to business needs.
• Manage and support internal stakeholders across multiple departments.
• Implement and maintain supplier management programs, measuring performance and driving improvements.

What We're Looking For

You will have experience working within the procurement or purchasing industry, ideally working on fire and security products but this is not essential. You will also have a good understanding of process, supplier management and tendering.

• Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to identify cost reduction opportunities and deliver value.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building
• CIPS would be advantageous

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we'll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days' holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there's a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Chloe Smailes at [e-mail].

Since 1987, Mitie's 76,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK's leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

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