Buyer

Full Description

The Procurement Hive continue to enjoy a strong partnership with our growing SaaS client, and we’re now looking to recruit 2 new Buyer’s to their team.

PLEASE NOTE – These Buyer positions can be remote roles, although our partner is ideally looking for candidates who can work in a hybrid capacity. Office locations are London and Portsmouth.

These new procurement positions have become available in the Procurement Services team due to the continuous expansion of the business and new customer demands. They are looking for Buyers who have some business or commercial experience and the ability to build, develop and maintain positive working relationships both internally and externally.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for handling and processing quotation requests within our customer SLA’s.
• Work to deadlines and contracted KPIs – focus on quick turnaround and savings.
• Completing sourcing and negotiation activity to secure best prices and terms to share with customers.
• Build, maintain and manage customer/ supplier relationships through effective communications.
• Understand customer needs and take prompt action on their requests.
• Providing regular and accurate reporting on the status of all quotations to all stakeholders, as required.
• Facilitating new supplier onboarding using the relevant tools and maintain existing supplier records.
• Collaborating with customers and suppliers, as well as internal departments as required.
• Supporting Senior Buyers as required on complex sourcing work.
• Raise quotes and follow internal process in line with ISO Standards.
• Source products and services across categories including IT, Commercial Services, Professional Services and other general categories of spend.
• Understand and apply best practice procurement principles.
• Negotiate best price and terms to achieve targets and increase savings for customers.
• Evaluate supplier price, quality, and delivery performance.
• Stay current and up to date on market changes that may affect the supply and demand of products/ services – Communicate this effectively to relevant stakeholders.
• Attend meetings and update other colleagues on issues or concerns to share best practice and define processes.
• Production and maintenance of bespoke reports using Excel. 

Person:

• Working in a fast-paced environment.
• Managing workloads effectively and efficiently.
• Internal and external interfaces.
• Managing contract negotiations.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills.
• The ability to work effectively and build strong working relationships with colleagues, suppliers and customers particularly when communicating via telephone/ video.
• Able to lead work and interact with suppliers and customers who may be based in different countries.
• Numeracy and analytical skills to evaluate data including spend files, tender prices and category benchmarking.
• Confidence and ability to influence and persuade stakeholders plus manage and negotiate with suppliers.
• Ability to manage all aspects of their workload and work independently or as part of a team to ensure all functions and tasks are carried out with due care.
• Resilient, positive and persevering attitude to overcome and solve problems, challenges, and issues fast and effectively.

The Procurement Hive is a procurement consultancy and procurement recruitment business.

Transform your talent – Our recruitment services span over four decades of combined experience, recruiting supply chain and procurement talent for a wide range of organisations across the globe.

The Procurement Hive celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.