Trainee Buyer

Trainee Buyer

Salary: £26,000 - £28,000 dependent on experience

20 days leave (plus bank holidays) increasing to 25 over 5 years.

Pension scheme.

Laboris Solutions are pleased to be working with a loyal client who are looking to take on a Trainee Buyer due to growth. They have a busy Procurement department who purchase all the materials and hire any equipment needed to complete their projects. Last year, they purchased around £8,000,000 of materials and spent over £1,250,000 hiring in equipment.

They're currently looking for a focused and enthusiastic Trainee Buyer to help us grow the department. This office-based role’s primary focus is to support the Procurement Buyers, ensuring departmental policies and procedures are adhered to. The position is fast paced and requires excellent communication, administration and problem-solving skills.

Hours: Full-time. Monday to Thursday 8.00am - 4.30pm/Friday 8.00am - 4.00pm

Key Responsibilities:

The key responsibilities for the role can be broken down into four main areas.

Suppliers

• On-boarding new suppliers.
• Maintaining supplier records and communications.
• Escalating any supplier performance issues to the Procurement Buyers/Procurement Manager for review and action.
• Working directly with suppliers regarding product, quality and service issues as required for career development.

Procurement Operations

• Processing Purchase Orders (POs) through Xero and Costtracker software
• Tracking order delivery timelines and communicating these to the site teams
• Executing Requests for Quotations (RFQs) as instructed by the Procurement Buyers.
• Carrying out routine tasks such as invoice reconciliation, system filing and meeting administration.
• Manage inhouse stock holding, including dealing with related stock requests and stock-taking of product on a rolling basis, liaising with the Logistics Supervisor.

Compliance

• Organising and filing documentation in line with company processes using Procore software and Sharepoint.
• Completing compliance information & audit documents in relation to maintaining ISO 9001 accreditation.

Cost Management

• Compiling cost data from supplier base and maintaining this data to ensure the most commercial information is available
• Compiling spend data through CostTracker system to facilitate ongoing supplier performance reviews.
• Conducting basic supplier research to ensure Vertec maintains an agile, flexible supplier base across all of its product areas.

You will also be responsible for answering in-coming calls to the general office as part of a wider team.

What you’ll bring:

• Proficient with all Microsoft 365 apps.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• You should be meticulous and accurate with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to problem solve.
• The ability to manage conflicting priorities and demands in a high-pressured work environment.
• Ability to keep calm and work well under pressure.