Assistant Buyer

Description

As an Assistant Buyer, you will play a key role within the Procurement team, supporting the sourcing and purchasing of materials, equipment, and services essential to business operations. You will assist in managing supplier relationships, preparing purchase orders, monitoring inventory levels, and ensuring that all procured goods meet required quality, cost, and delivery standards. This role is integral to maintaining smooth supply chain operations and helping the organisation achieve its commercial and operational goals.

These roles offer a great opportunity to support our Procurement team in ensuring materials, equipment, and services are sourced efficiently and meet our quality standards. If you’re organised, proactive, and looking to build your career in procurement within a growing energy services business, we’d love to hear from you.

• Ensure the approved supplier database is kept up to date following the approval of new suppliers or the removal of existing suppliers.
• Setting up of new accounts for both purchase ledger and subcontract ledger, including the upload of required insurance, health and safety and financial payment information.
• Liaise with colleagues throughout the business to identify procurement requirements and ensure procurement schedules and project trackers are kept up to date.
• Build relationships with suppliers, research for new suppliers and deal with all incoming queries efficiently.
• Provide administration support for the procurement department i.e., enquiries, typing of letters, preparation of slide decks and preparation of reports.
• Electronic filing of documentation associated with Pre-Qualification Questionnaire returns and assessment.
• Report on and measure supplier performance in order to monitor changes and anomalies.
• Ensuring that Procurement processes are followed, maintained and implemented, where required.
• Support the Senior Procurement Manager in delivering the Procurement Plan and Strategy.
• Assist with the management of PQQ process / Onboarding and management of the Supply Chain, including the checking of returned information.
• Filing and archiving of documents.
• Ensure insurance details of suppliers are kept up to date and that existing suppliers are aware new details are required as old certificates expire.

Requirements

• Excellent IT and Microsoft Excel skills. Knowledge of Microsoft NAV would be beneficial but not essential.
• Experience in a purchasing or supply chain management role within a construction business or procurement environment or equivalent.
• Good interpersonal, communication and rational skills are essential.
• All the necessary equipment to perform your job role, such as laptop and mobile phone
• Analytical awareness and problem solving ability
• Be proactive and forward thinking, with excellent time management skills and the ability to manage your own workload and deadlines.
• Organised and competent in working within established processes and systems

Benefits

Firstly, you get to join a fantastic, friendly, forward-hinking team of people, who will welcome you and are passionate about the work that we do.

1 × Assistant Buyer – 12-Month Maternity Cover

We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards;

• 1:30pm finish on Fridays!
• Health cash back plan where you can claim back costs such as dental, optical and medical
• Life assurance at 4 times your basic salary
• An electric vehicle scheme – where we help you lease an electric vehicle for a fixed monthly cost to yourself (after 3 months service and post probationary period)
• Access to My Perks, where you can access hundreds of offers to help you save on your purchases (online and in person)
• Pension Scheme with 6% employer contribution
• Access to our training portal and other approved training
• Reimbursement for one professional membership fee relevant to your role
• Cycle to work scheme

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance