Our client is a well-established residential groundworks and civil engineering contractor delivering infrastructure, roads, drainage, foundations, and associated works for leading national and regional housebuilders. Due to continued growth and an expanding project portfolio, they are looking to appoint an experienced Senior Buyer to strengthen their commercial and procurement team based in Bedford. The Role As Senior Buyer, you will be responsible for leading procurement activities across multiple residential groundworks projects, ensuring materials, plant, and subcontract services are sourced competitively and delivered in line with project requirements. Working closely with Commercial Managers, Quantity Surveyors, Contracts Managers, and Site Teams, you will play a key role in managing supplier relationships, controlling costs, and supporting successful project delivery. Key Responsibilities Procuring construction materials, plant, and subcontract services for...

Project Buyer Up to £42,000 Milton Keynes Permanent The Opportunity If you're an experienced Buyer looking for greater ownership and the opportunity to work much closer to the projects your procurement activity supports, this role puts you directly into a live engineering and manufacturing environment. You'll take ownership of procurement across allocated rail projects, which could mean responsibility for one major programme or several smaller projects at any given time. Working alongside Production Managers and Engineers, you'll ensure the materials, components and additional services required to keep projects moving are sourced in line with critical delivery dates. This is more than a transactional purchasing role. Requirements can change as projects progress and units are stripped and assessed, meaning you'll need to respond to new requirements, source replacement components or additional works, manage suppliers and identify potential risks before they impact production....

Senior Operational Buyer (Direct Procurement) Location : Manufacturing Sector Duration : 12 months but long term expected Daily Rate: Up to 358.00 Our client, a leading engineering and manufacturing organisation, is seeking an experienced Senior Operational Buyer to join their dynamic team on an initial 12-month contract with the potential for ongoing extension. This is an exciting opportunity for those who thrive in a hands-on operational procurement role! Key Responsibilities: Manage procurement activities to support manufacturing and production requirements. Create, manage, and expedite purchase orders through SAP. Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers to ensure on-time delivery and performance. Manage material supply against Bills of Materials (BOMs). Proactively resolve supply chain issues and material shortages. Support production schedules and operational requirements. Analyse procurement and supplier performance data. Collaborate...

Associate Buyer 6-Month Contract 350 per day via Umbrella Inside IR35 Hybrid (Warwick, 2 days per week) We are supporting a major UK infrastructure and regulated-utilities organisation in the recruitment of an Associate Buyer to join their procurement team on an initial 6-month contract. This is an excellent opportunity for a procurement professional with early to mid-level experience to gain exposure to a complex, highly regulated environment whilst working alongside experienced procurement and commercial professionals. What You'll Be Doing As an Associate Buyer, you'll support the delivery of procurement activity across a diverse portfolio of indirect spend and business projects. Supporting procurement and sourcing activities across multiple projects Preparing procurement approval documentation and governance packs Working closely with project managers and internal stakeholders to gather requirements Supporting procurement processes from initiation through to...