Buyer (Construction)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Health and wellbeing services

24 days holiday plus bank holidays

Job summary

Hireful Ltd. is seeking an experienced procurement professional to drive commercial value and support strategic sourcing initiatives across goods, works, and services.

You will deliver procurement activities with internal stakeholders, suppliers, and contractors, ensuring value for money, compliance, and continuous improvement across sites.

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification in a relevant subject (Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Economics).
• Ideally CIPS membership or working towards a professional procurement qualification.
• Significant experience within a procurement, purchasing, or supply chain environment.
• Experience in construction or housebuilding industry with knowledge of standards/regulatory requirements.
• Knowledge of full procurement lifecycle, sourcing methodologies, tendering activities, and contract negotiations.
• Experience managing supplier relationships, contract performance, and procurement projects across spend categories.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Procurement lifecycle

Tendering & sourcing

Vendor management

Analytical skills

IT literacy

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!