Buyer

2 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Northern Employment Services Full time

Northern Employment Services are looking to recruit an experienced Buyer in the Manchester area on a straight permanent basis, working with one of our fantastic ever growing clients.

**Hours of work for a Buyer** : Monday to Friday - 8am to 4pm or alternatively 9am to 5pm

**Salary for a Buyer**: £31,000 to £38,000 annual, depending on experience

**Duties & Responsibilities of a Buyer**:

- Actively mentoring of graduate &/or apprentice members of the Procurement & Contracts team
- Partner with stakeholders to ensuring spending is managed appropriately
- Interacting with high profile stakeholders and suppliers
- Ongoing management of sub-categories and resources, including reviews and development
- Sourcing process with the procurement of goods, services and work on all categories.
- Preparing "request for proposals" and "request for quotations". Highlighting inconsistencies and differences, presenting such for evaluation.
- Carrying out supplier evaluations and conducting negotiations for procurement exercises.
- Preparing orders under procurement governance.
- Support Procurement & Contracts Management
- Working closely with other key function in the company, keeping them aware of and seek views/changes

**Personal attributes for the Buyer to bring**:

- The ability to identify and escalate issues / non compliance appropriately
- Lead external commercial negotiations of projects and resolve disputes
- Overcome challenges with stakeholder engagement is critical in order to ensure buy-in to projects for the benefit of the overall group

**Experience or knowledge required from a Buyer**:

- Experience of the Public Contract Regulation's &/or Utility Contract Regulation's
- Basic knowledge of law and experience of contract formation / administration / management
- Experience of tender processes and relevant "Find A Tender" regulations
- Excellent analytical skills, strong commercial awareness, a measured approach to decision making and the ability to ensure best value procurement
- Experience of cost and price analysis with ability to evaluate tender processes
- Demonstrate working with a wide range of stakeholders & executing relationships successfully
- Office proficient & MCIPS or interest in studying towards


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