Buyer

Enhancing Supplier Relationships

: Building strong partnerships to ensure performance, compliance, and continuous improvement.

Sourcing Materials and Services

Developing knowledge of construction materials, logistics, and relevant regulatory standards.

The Buyer is responsible for delivering procurement activities across multiple projects within a region. This includes sourcing materials, negotiating terms, placing of orders, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring timely delivery of goods and services to support our projects. The role plays a critical part in cost control, risk mitigation, and operational efficiency.

: Providing procurement support to meet increased workload and ensure timely, compliant sourcing.

: Leading procurement activities for a number of projects ensuring best value, innovation, and cost efficiencies.

: Aligning all procurement practices with company and client policies and procedures.

• Support internal and external audits.
• Place orders with suppliers and expedite deliveries when required to meet project timelines.
• Represent the department and organisation professionally in all interactions.
• Implement best practices and drive continuous process improvement.
• Ensure compliance to Client & MWHT frameworks to mitigate risk and optimise value.
• Support the development of project procurement strategies/plans aligned with business goals.
• Developing knowledge of construction materials, logistics, and relevant regulatory standards.
• Address and resolve internal and external supply chain issues, acting as the primary escalation point.
• Manage committed project costs to mitigate financial risk and minimise business exposure.
• Supporting Project Demands: Providing procurement support to meet increased workload and ensure timely, compliant sourcing.
• Driving Consistency: Aligning all procurement practices with company and client policies and procedures.
• Lead negotiations with suppliers to establish commercial terms, service levels (including KPIs), and contractual conditions.
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, and site teams to understand procurement needs.
• Lead tender processes, including ITTs/RFQs and evaluations.
• Maintain and optimise the P2P system, ensuring clean and accurate data.
• Ensure adherence to procurement policies, contracts, and regulations.
• Promote sustainable procurement aligned with business values and ESG objectives.
• Establish and maintain supplier relationships, resolving supply and service issues.
• Proactively manage your own continuous professional development by engaging in external networking, conferences, associations, and training to stay current with industry trends and innovations.
• Enhancing Supplier Relationships: Building strong partnerships to ensure performance, compliance, and continuous improvement.
• Analyse market trends and risks to inform sourcing decisions.
• Build strong relationships with clients, suppliers, and internal teams.
• Ensure supplier compliance with Health & Safety obligations.
• Prepare regional level reports on procurement performance.
• Sourcing Materials and Services: Leading procurement activities for a number of projects ensuring best value, innovation, and cost efficiencies.

Experience in regulated industries such as utilities, construction, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, or food.

Familiarity with ISO standards, ESG compliance, and ethical sourcing practices.

CIPS qualified or actively working towards certification.

Driving Consistency

MWH Treatment are strengthening our Regional Procurement team to maintain high standards of governance, efficiency, and strategic alignment. To support this, we are recruiting a Buyer, based at our Testwood Office, with hybrid working available.

• Experience in regulated industries such as utilities, construction, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, or food.
• Familiarity with ISO standards, ESG compliance, and ethical sourcing practices.
• CIPS qualified or actively working towards certification.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build effective relationships across functions, suppliers, and stakeholders.
• Commercially astute with a solid understanding of cost drivers and risk.
• Self-starter with the confidence to represent the Procurement function independently.
• Qualification in Business, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Economics, Procurement, or a related field.
• Skilled in networking and exerting positive business influence.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, with a proven track record of effective use.

A competitive salary

Health Insurance

Life Assurance

And many more benefits including – cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, Kids Pass etc

Contribution Pension scheme

At MWH Treatment we believe that people matter. We know to build successful, creative teams we need a diverse workforce that can deliver innovative ways of thinking. We provide an environment where you will have the freedom to develop and grow to your full potential, creating opportunity by inviting, embracing, and celebrating difference, our goal as an employer is to motivate, and develop our employees. By fostering a diverse range of talents and perspectives we ensure we have the breadth of viewpoints, experiences, and skills needed to succeed. Embracing diversity of all kinds enables us to provide a work environment and culture that plays a key role in attracting and retaining the right people with the right skills.

Hybrid Working (Jobs needs dependent)

Private Medical Insurance

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)

Car/car allowance (Jobs needs dependent)