Junior Buyer

**About The Role**:
**We are SEA.**

**Engineered to protect. We protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world.**

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**Join us.**

As a Junior buyer, you will be required to support the continuing upward trend of orders and growth within SEA, whilst focusing on supplier relationship management within the Supply Chain function.

**What we offer**

Your work, your contribution, deserves to be recognised and rewarded. Have a look at the benefits we offer:
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**Work life balance**:

- Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
- 25 days’ annual leave, plus buy and sell
- Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
- Half day Fridays
- Reservist in the armed forces receive special paid leave

**Family & wellbeing**:

- Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
- Group Pension Plan of up to 7% employer contribution
- Cycle to work scheme
- Wellbeing centre
- Sports & Social activities
- Employee Discounts portal - online and instore discounts, travel savings etc
- Canada Life GP and financial advice
- Life assurance policy
- Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
- Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning

**Facilities & resources**:

- Electric vehicle charging points at all sites
- Private seated lunch areas
- Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages
- Onsite showers and toiletries provision
- Free onsite parking

**What you’ll be doing**
- Support the Senior Buyer & Buyers with daily procurement tasks
- Expedite purchase orders for the business
- Data entry into the company’s ERP system
- Processing internal administration of purchase requisitions
- Develop strong relationships with our suppliers to ensure that our business goals are achieved

**The skills you need**
- Understanding of purchasing
- Have good interpersonal skills and ability to engage with key stakeholders across the organisation
- A proactive attitude to problem solving to ensure on time delivery
- Ability to prioritise
- A desire to continue learning the procurement processes
- Resilient and calm under pressure with the ability to work to tight deadlines

**Join us and be part of something smaller - with 300 people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.**

If you would like to know more, please **give our Recruitment Business Partner Kelly-Ann a call on 01373852083.**

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