Buyer

2 months ago

Normanton, United Kingdom Blueleaf Full time

Working in the world of care, we're dedicated to providing excellent support and exceptional care to our customers at Blueleaf. As a leading supplier of care products, consumables and furniture, we're looking to recruit a permanent, full time Buyer to join our efficient Procurement team in our Castleford location.

This is a permanent full time role, working 40 hours a week, Monday to Friday, typical working hours are from 8am to 4:30pm. Immediate start is available.

**About Blueleaf**

At Blueleaf, we believe those who care for others are extraordinary. We're here to support them and ensure they never feel alone, and by understanding our clients needs and challenges, this allows us to find the right solutions to achieve their desired outcomes, as well as providing the essentials that every care home needs. In an industry which is all about people, we value relationships above all else, we take the time to get to know them, listen to them, and walk in their shoes and those of their residents - always living our values: 'Stronger Together, Achieve the Outcome, Lead the Way and Care. Always'.

With over 30-years’ experience in the care home sector and occupying a large portion of this market, Blueleaf is continually looking at ways to expand and grow by seeking new opportunities, and to use its experience and expertise to help care homes deliver outstanding care for their residents. We want to be the best at what we do which is why we focus on expertise and excellence, and a 'Blueleafer' embodies consideration, responsibility, humour, teamwork and honesty no matter what job they are doing.

Blueleaf is an equal opportunities employer.

**Your day to day responsibilities**:

- Live and promote Blueleaf's Values and embody our Culture.
- Understanding the target market and analysing market trends to enable informed buying.
- Provide support to senior buyers in supplier sourcing and onboarding process from tender through to supplier contract award, including pre-qualification, evaluation of 'best value', co-ordination of both commercial and qualitative assessments, credit checks, and the negotiation of prices and terms.
- Research and develop new product sourcing options as
- Supplier relationship management - Build and maintain long term relationships with exiting suppliers and manage and negotiate contract price reviews and terms and regular performance reviews.
- Manage suppliers to deliver the required standards and measure their performance against agreed objectives and SLAs, putting in place corrective actions where necessary.
- Maintain supplier compliance and non-conformance.
- Work cross-functionally with all departments, particularly supply planning colleagues, to achieve world class pricing, service levels and stock levels.
- Communicate regularly with management to keep them updated on supplier / product issues and shortages, price fluctuations, and deliveries.
- Maintain product specification records, including Safety Data Sheets / COSHH.
- Ensure processes are created and followed to achieve reliable and consistent results.

**Skills & Experience**
- CIPS qualification
- Commercial and buying
- Commercial awareness, with a business attitude and business sense that is reflected in every decision and
- Interpersonal skills, particularly in
- Ability to make decisions, and to cope with pressure and adapt to changing situations.
- Analytical, with maths and IT
- Able to work well in a team with a positive
- Good organisational and problem-solving
- Can remain calm under pressure
- Creative mindset

**What will we offer?**

We will offer a competitive salary between £30,000 - £35,000 per annum, 33 days holiday inclusive of bank and public holidays. You will be eligible for inclusion in a discretionary bonus scheme and a number of welfare benefits, such as auto-enrolment into our pension scheme, Death in Service benefit, access to our Medicash scheme that provides cash back towards everyday healthcare bills and a wide range of other wellbeing benefits including access to an Employee Assistance Program.

**Location**

This role is located at our Castleford office in West Yorkshire.

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