Buyer

Aldwych Consulting; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Life assurance

Private medical cover

25 days annual leave

Training and development opportunities

Job summary

Aldwych Consulting is recruiting a Buyer to support civil engineering and infrastructure projects across water, transport, energy and built environment sectors. The role focuses on procurement of materials, plant and services, with emphasis on cost control and delivery performance.

The successful candidate will have experience in construction procurement, strong negotiation skills and a proactive approach to supplier relationships, ensuring value and timely delivery in a busy commercial team.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement in construction or engineering sectors is essential.
• Strong negotiation and supplier management abilities.
• Excellent communication, organisation and IT skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Source and procure construction materials, plant and related services.
• Evaluate supplier quotations and negotiate prices and delivery terms.
• Build strong relationships with suppliers, site teams and internal stakeholders.
• Ensure deliveries align with project programmes, budgets and quality.
• Monitor procurement costs and maintain purchasing records for reporting.
• Identify opportunities to improve procurement efficiency and value.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Supplier relationships

Communication

IT skills

Education

CIPS qualification in progress

Job description

Buyer - Civil Engineering & Infrastructure

Location: Walsall, West Midlands
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

We're looking for a motivated Buyer to join an established civil engineering and infrastructure business, supporting projects across water, transport, energy and the built environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with procurement experience in construction or engineering to develop their career within a busy, commercially focused team.

Key Responsibilities

• Source and procure construction materials, plant and related services.
• Obtain and evaluate supplier quotations, negotiating competitive prices and delivery terms.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, site teams and internal stakeholders.
• Ensure materials and services are delivered in line with project programmes, budgets and quality requirements.
• Monitor procurement costs, maintain accurate purchasing records and support commercial reporting.
• Identify opportunities to improve procurement efficiency and achieve best value.

About You

• Experience in a similar buying or procurement role, ideally within construction, civil engineering, water or rail.
• Strong negotiation skills and commercial awareness.
• Confident managing supplier relationships and competing priorities.
• Good communication, organisational and IT skills.
• CIPS qualification or working towards one would be advantageous.

What's on Offer?

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Company pension, life assurance and private medical cover.
• 25 days' annual leave, plus bank holidays and loyalty days.
• Training and development opportunities, with scope for career progression.
• The opportunity to support major UK infrastructure projects.

Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.