Buyer

Edwards & Pearce; Hessle; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Edwards & Pearce is assisting a large international business in recruiting an experienced purchasing professional. The role supports a high workload during a busy period and involves working within a large systemimplementation to provide added capacity to the existing team.

You will interact with internal departments to identify purchasing needs, source products from suppliers, and negotiate pricing and terms.

Qualifications

• Experience in purchasing within a large organisation or complex supply chain.
• Excellent communication and analytical skills, with good numeracy.

Responsibilities

• Identify purchasing needs with internal departments.
• Source products from existing and new suppliers; negotiate pricing and terms.
• Place purchase orders and manage suppliers, expediting where required.

Skills

Purchasing experience

Strong communication

Numeracy

Commercial awareness

Job description

Edwards and Pearce are working with a large international business to recruit an experienced purchasing professional to support during a period of high workload. This is a great opportunity to build and develop existing purchasing skills in a large organisation.

You will assist through a large system implementation providing additional support to the existing team, managing increased workload as they move through the process.

You will be responsible for interacting with internal departments to identify purchasing needs, sourcing product from existing and new suppliers, liaising and negotiating pricing and terms, placing purchase orders, managing suppliers and expediting products.

Requirements

You will need existing purchasing experience, strong communication, analysis, and commercial skills, and be logical with good numeracy skills.

Contract & Location

The role will be on an initial 3 month basis, which may extend according to the needs of the project. The role will be on site 5 days/week based in their Hull offices.

The Consultancy

Edwards & Pearce acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers.

Edwards & Pearce is an Equal Opportunities Employer