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People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

About the Opportunity

We are currently recruiting for a Buyer to join our team in the Birchwood Warrington office on a fixed term contract.Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

You will be responsible for effectively and professionally conducting procurement transactions associated with purchasing materials/equipment and/or subcontracting of services. You will also have knowledge and understanding of procurement concepts, principles and practices, and the techniques of ensuring task completion. You will also have experience and understanding of procurement and its integration with other project functions, accomplishes value-added expectations, and perform assignments in accordance with established policies and procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Purchasing assignments typically will consist of purchases of materials and equipment
• Utilize established policies, procedures, systems, and tools
• Administer Purchase Orders (POs)/Procurement Agreements and change orders (modifications)
• Review PO-/subcontracts-related invoices and ensures that invoices are approved in accordance with terms and conditions agreed within the purchase order/subcontract
• Evaluate facts surrounding purchase order-/subcontract-related problem areas and applies remedies to resolve it
• Maintain purchasing/subcontracting documentation in a repository
• Identify and advise management of purchase order-/subcontract-related risks
• Prepare bidder lists, qualifies bidders, prepares requests for quotation, and conducts bid evaluations
• Prepare proposal deliverables
• Recommend source selections, leads purchase order/agreement negotiations
• Work under moderate to minimal supervision. No direct reports. Supervises the work of procurement support personnel who assist with the purchasing activities
• Coordinate with project or departmental personnel in performance of the purchasing activities

• Must have good IT skills - proficient in use of packages such as word and excel and previous experience of P2P systems eg Costpoint, SAP, Oracle
• Excellent communication skills - written and verbal
• Good maths skills/numerate
• Previous experience within a procurement environment or experienced administrator
• Previous experience of working with invoices eg queries, credits etc
• Organised and methodical in their approach to work
• Can work independently and manage their own workload (with support and guidance where needed)
• Pragmatic with a can do attitude!