Procurement / Buyer Assistant

This role in Procurement / Buying offers the opportunity to gain hands-on experience across the full procurement lifecycle, supporting a wide range of goods, services and works contracts.

Working with Category Managers and the Head of Supply Chain, you will support tendering processes, engage with suppliers and ensure compliance with policies and procedures. 

You will play a key role in delivering value for money, efficiency and continuous improvement for this property/construction company.

What you'll do

• Support procurement projects across multiple categories.
• Manage tendering processes including RFIs, RFQs, ITTs and supplier evaluations.
• Build and maintain supplier relationships, monitoring their performance.
• Identify opportunities to reduce cost and improve quality.
• Ensure procurement activity is transparent, fair and auditable.

Important Stuff

Location: Liverpool - working Monday to Friday in the office, parking is available on site (Fazakerley)

Salary: £30,900

Benefits: 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays, increasing with service), Pension, Life Assurance Cover, Employee Discounts, Access to funding enabling study for professional qualifications & More!

What you need

• Experience of procurement processes and sourcing/buying, or even quantity surveying / estimating could be relevant here
• Knowledge of tendering, supplier management and contracts.
• Strong IT and analytical skills, plus excellent communication and relationship-building ability.
• You must have experience in a relevant industry: construction, property, housing, facilities management, M&E, etc.
• Ideally you will be working towards a relevant qualification e.g. CIPS or have QS / Estimator training (but it's not a dealbreaker)

This is a great opportunity to develop your procurement career and contribute to meaningful projects across diverse categories. Interested? Then apply today!