Buyer

Liberty has an exciting opportunity for a Buyer to join our team, based in Knowsley. You will be working on a full time basis, working 40 hours per week and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £28k to £32,000 per annum (dependant on qualifications & experience) Plus Excellent Benefits

The strength of our organisation lies in the quality of the people we work with. We’re proud to employ the most talented, driven individuals within the property services sector.

Established in 1969, We are an experienced and innovative Heating and Compliance, reactive/planned maintenance, renewable technology and new build specialist that is committed to putting customers and clients at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking for an experienced Buyer to join our Procurement Team. Working alongside the Senior Buyer to support the procurement process by procuring materials and equipment for Liberty, ensuring value for money purchases, benchmarking suppliers by tender/ market research, monitoring and recording performance of key suppliers, working with the commercial team to ensure materials are priced competitively on tenders for contract work and assist in onboarding subcontractors including checking IR35 Status.

**Responsibilities for the Buyer will include**:
Main point of contact for all material and equipment suppliers for specific categories e.g. electrical material spend

Onboard approved subcontractors, checking documentation

Setup and maintain electronic price files for all material and equipment supplier

Monitor and record performance of key suppliers

Liaise with operational managers and commercial staff to identify procurement needs

Benchmark suppliers by competitive tender or market research

Maintain a register of hired plant and equipment

Attend mobilisations of new contracts, also demobilisations at end of contract

Develop relationships with suppliers

Research new products and new legislation in the sector

Support stock taking materials when needed

Liaise with the finance team to resolve price queries

Represent group procurement for planned and project work

Ensure compliance with safety, health and environmental requirements for products

**What we are looking for in our ideal Buyer**:
Experience working as a Buyer/ Assistant Buyer & CIPS Qualifications. Have good knowledge of Microsoft Excel. Proficient in using IT systems, including Microsoft office software in particular Outlook, Word and Excel. Good analytical skills. Effective communication skills, good time and priority management, problem solving skills, confident in decision making, ability with deal with high volumes and good people skills.

**We offer a range of benefits for a rewarding career including though not limited to**:

- Pension scheme
- 25 days holidays plus bank holiday
- Discounted gym memberships
- Discounts and savings on travel, hotels, shopping, holidays and restaurants
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Life Insurance
- Smart Health (including round the clock access to 24/7 UK-based GPs)
- Medicash Health Plan
- Death in Service Payment
- In addition to the above, at Liberty we look to invest in the up-skilling and development of our employees, ensuring competency and compliance to industry standards, in turn we will look to offer additional training where appropriate to give you the skills you need to deliver the service required._
- As part of our recruitment process all employees need to be vetted and undertake pre-employment checks. For this role you may need to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check, previously Criminal Records Bureau, prior to or upon commencing employment with Liberty._

**If you have the desire to work in a busy and high performing team, why not join us as our Buyer, click “apply” below - we want to hear from you