Strategic Indirect Buyer: IT, HR & Admin Sourcing

Agratas – A Tata Enterprise; Oxford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Company bonus

Enhanced parental leave

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Agratas is seeking an experienced and commercially driven Category Buyer to manage procurement across IT, HR, PMC and Administration across multiple locations in the UK. You will develop category strategies, manage supplier relationships, negotiate agreements and deliver value through cost optimisation and risk management.

You will work with stakeholders to consolidate demand, ensure compliance, monitor KPIs and lead end-to-end sourcing activities, including RFIs, RFQs, tenders, and contract

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• Desirable professional procurement qualification such as CIPS.
• Proven procurement/category buying experience in multi-site or complex organisations.
• Experience managing indirect procurement categories (IT, professional services, HR, HSE, admin).

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement category strategies for IT, HR, PMC, and Administration spend.
• Analyse spend, market conditions, supplier capabilities and requirements to identify savings opportunities.
• Consolidate demand across locations to leverage purchasing power.
• Lead end-to-end sourcing: requirements, RFIs/RFQs/RFPs, tendering, negotiations, contracts.
• Create sourcing documentation and supplier analyses.
• Negotiate pricing, terms, service levels, and warranties.
• Ensure best cost/quality/risk/TOC balance in procurement.
• Challenge specifications for commercial effectiveness.
• Monitor supplier performance against KPIs and SLAs.
• Run supplier reviews and corrective action plans.
• Collaborate with IT, HR, HSE, Finance, Operations, Legal, and site teams.
• Act as procurement business partner for assigned categories.
• Ensure compliance with policies and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Procurement experience

Category buying

Negotiation

Sourcing

ERP SAP/ARIBA

Excel

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Multi-site experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Engineering

CIPS (desirable)

Tools

SAP

ARIBA

Job description

Agratas is seeking an experienced and commercially driven Category Buyer to manage procurement across IT, HR, PMC and Administration across multiple locations in the UK. You will develop category strategies, manage supplier relationships, negotiate agreements and deliver value through cost optimisation and risk management.

You will work with stakeholders to consolidate demand, ensure compliance, monitor KPIs and lead end-to-end sourcing activities, including RFIs, RFQs, tenders, and contract