Buyer

March; Burton-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering services provider is seeking a proactive Buyer to enhance their procurement team. This role involves sourcing, negotiating, and purchasing essential materials while ensuring cost-effectiveness and quality standards. The successful candidate will foster supplier relationships and manage internal customer needs effectively.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits package

Career development opportunities

Employer values employee wellbeing

Qualifications

• Procurement experience in built environment.
• Ability to follow Procurement Processes.
• Clean driving license and own transport.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate and manage relationships with key suppliers.
• Obtain and benchmark supplier costs.
• Manage internal customer relationships.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Commercial awareness

Problem-solving skills

Communication

Self-motivation

Education

CIPS membership

Tools

Word

Excel

Job description

We are March the UKs leading provider of critical engineering services. Our expertise as a multi-disciplinary engineering partner across infrastructure, process and digital services has led to long term partnerships with leading organisations in everything from food and drink and utilities to high-security industries such as defence, aerospace and nuclear.

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Buyer to join our procurement team. The successful candidate will be responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and purchasing materials, goods, and services to meet operational requirements. This role plays a key part in ensuring cost-effective procurement while maintaining quality and delivery standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Proactively negotiate, manage and build appropriate relationships with key suppliers. Identify, select and develop new suppliers to meet future business needs
• Obtain and benchmark supplier costs ensuring value for money
• Propose, implement and manage proactive cost reduction and supplier improvement plans
• Carry out supplier operational reviews
• First point of escalation for supplier issues
• Manage internal customer relationships, providing a flexible responsive customer service for all internal customer specific requests/needs
• Assist in the development and management of subcontractors to support business needs

Skills and Experiences:

• Procurement experience working within the built environment (projects, M&E, facilities management)
• Ability to follow Procurement Processes
• Negotiation skills
• Commercial awareness
• Good IT skills including Word and Excel
• Able to communicate effectively at all levels
• Able to manage internal customer relationships
• Able to self-motivate
• Has well-developed problem-solving skills

Specific Qualifications

• Clean driving license and own transport
• Achieved or working towards CIPS membership

What we offer

• A competitive salary and benefits package appropriate to this position
• An employer who values the ongoing wellbeing of its employees
• Career development within a successful and growing business

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.