Buyer

Portfolio Procurement has been engaged by our leading Cambridgeshire based client to recruit for a Buyer.

The role of the Buyer is to ensure that high level buying practices are adopted to achieve the highest possible standards.

Responsibilities:

• Negotiate regularly with key suppliers to achieve the best price and delivery.
• Hold regular meetings with key suppliers within your Commodity Group to ensure that the suppliers are performing.
• To evaluate all quotations, to ensure they meet the needs of our requirements and that the costs quoted are in line with our budgets.

Skills/Experience:

• Ability to communicate clearly with all internal stakeholders and suppliers and respond quickly to urgent requests. To be able to manage own workload independently.
• A good commercial background.
• To work safely and ethically Flexibility to travel within the UK as and when required.
• Good understanding of all Microsoft Office packages.
• A good level of attention to detail is essential Experience in working in a fast-moving Procurement department preferably with some engineering buying experience

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