Buyer (Construction)

Hireful Ltd; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Health & wellbeing services

Holiday entitlement

Job summary

Hireful Ltd is seeking an experienced procurement professional to drive commercial value across a diverse range of goods, works and services. You will lead end-to-end exercises, provide guidance to internal teams, and support contract awards while ensuring compliant processes.

The role covers sites in Liverpool, St Helens and Warrington, requiring a full UK driving license and willingness to travel across the North West region.

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification in supply chain, business, finance, or economics.
• Ideally CIPS membership or working towards qualification.
• Significant experience in procurement or supply chain.
• Experience in construction or housebuilding industry.
• Knowledge of full procurement lifecycle, sourcing, tendering and contract negotiations.
• Experience managing supplier relationships across multiple spend categories and locations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support end-to-end procurement exercises (RFIs, RFQs, ITTs, mini-competitions).
• Provide procurement guidance to internal teams and support contract awards.
• Manage supplier relationships and conduct contract performance reviews.
• Identify savings and value for money across spend categories in construction/maintenance materials, warehouse services, and waste management.
• Maintain procurement workplans, project trackers, and savings reports; assist with benchmarking and market analysis.
• Support supplier onboarding and ensure robust compliance and governance across procurement systems.

Skills

Procurement experience

CIPS membership

Supplier management

IT literacy

Communication

Education

Degree in Supply Chain / Business / Finance / Economics

Tools

Microsoft Office

Procurement systems

Job description

Are you an experienced procurement, purchasing, sourcing or buying professional looking to drive commercial value and support strategic sourcing initiatives?

In this role, you will support the delivery of procurement activities across a diverse range of goods, works, and services.

Working closely with internal stakeholders, suppliers, and contractors, you will play a key role in delivering value for money, driving commercial improvements, and ensuring all procurement activitiesare efficient and compliant.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Leading and supporting end-to-end procurement exercises, including market testing, RFIs, RFQs, ITTs, and mini-competitions.
• Providing procurement guidance to internal teams, collaborating with operations to develop specifications, evaluating supplier responses, and supporting contract awards.
• Managing supplier relationships and supporting contract performance reviews to ensure effective service delivery and continuous improvement.
• Identifying opportunities to achieve savings, improve efficiency, and deliver value for money across spend categories such as construction/maintenance materials, warehouse services, and waste management.
• Maintaining procurement workplans, project trackers, and savings reports, while assisting with benchmarking, market analysis, and value engineering.
• Supporting supplier onboarding processes and ensuring robust compliance, governance, and process improvement across procurement systems.

What We’re Looking For

• Degree-level qualification such as Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Economics or other relevant subject.
• IdeallyCIPS membership, or actively working towards a professional procurement qualification.
• Significant experience within a procurement, purchasing, or supply chain environment.
• Previous experience in the construction or housebuilding industry, with a strong understanding of industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Knowledge of the full procurement lifecycle, sourcing methodologies, tendering activities, and contract negotiations.
• Experience managing supplier relationships, contract performance, and procurement projects across multiple spend categories and locations.
• Strong IT literacy, including Microsoft Office applications and procurement systems.

This role is working across sites in Liverpool, St Helens and Warringtonso you must have a full UK Driving license and be happy to travel round this part of the North West as required.

Why You'll Love This Job:

• Competitive salary£41,529
• 24 days holiday (plus bank holidays, increasing by a day per year with service)
• Pension
• Health and Wellbeing services
• Enhanced parental pay and leave
• Company sick pay

Generous holiday with buy & sell scheme, Pension, Life Assurance, Employee Discounts, Access to funding enabling study for professional qualifications & More!