Summary: The Buyer role involves negotiating contracts with suppliers to procure goods and services for both internal and external customers, ensuring timely delivery within budget and quality standards. The position requires effective prioritization of tasks to meet business needs and involves risk management within contracts. This is a full-time temporary position based in Yeovil, with potential for extension until December 2025.

Key Responsibilities:

• Understand the service and or goods that are or will be required by the company.
• Establish appropriate contracts to deliver the goods or and services that meet the business needs.
• Select appropriate suppliers from existing approved suppliers, or recommend new suppliers and obtain approval from their Manager, that can deliver goods or services in accordance with the company requirements for quality, cost and delivery.
• Drive and direct critical activities with your suppliers to ensure on time delivery of goods and or services to the correct contract conditions.
• Identify and manage risks and issues within contract.

Key Skills:

• Good communication skills (written and verbal) including the ability to influence internally and externally and solve problems using own initiative or on occasion by seeking assistance.
• Advanced team working skills and capable of coordinating some multi-functional team activity.
• Computer literate (knowledge of SAP would be an advantage).
• Relevant procurement or commercial experience.
• Have and maintain a valid driving licence.
• Able & willing to travel alone or as part of a team within the UK and overseas.
• Aware of & willing to abide by the attached Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply professional code of ethics.

Salary (Rate): 19.10

City: Yeovil

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Purchasing