Assistant Buyer Location: Leicester Working Hours: Flexible (9am - 5.30pm or 8am - 4.30pm) with an early Friday finish Job Type: Full-time We are currently seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Assistant Buyer to join our team. The Assistant Buyer will play a vital role in supporting the procurement process by managing purchase orders, coordinating with suppliers, and ensuring the efficient flow of goods and services. The ideal candidate should possess strong organisational skills, effective communication abilities, and a keen eye for detail. Key Responsibilities as the Assistant Buyer Purchase Order Management: Create, review, and process purchase orders accurately and in a timely manner. Supplier Communication: Liaise with suppliers to confirm order details, negotiate terms, and address any discrepancies. Inventory Control: Monitor and maintain appropriate inventory levels to meet organisational needs. Vendor Relationship: Cultivate positive...

Assistant Buyer Location: Leicester Working Hours: Flexible (9am - 5.30pm or 8am - 4.30pm) with an early Friday finish Job Type: Full-time We are currently seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Assistant Buyer to join our team. The Assistant Buyer will play a vital role in supporting the procurement process by managing purchase orders, coordinating with suppliers, and ensuring the efficient flow of goods and services. The ideal candidate should possess strong organisational skills, effective communication abilities, and a keen eye for detail. Key Responsibilities as the Assistant Buyer Purchase Order Management: Create, review, and process purchase orders accurately and in a timely manner. Supplier Communication: Liaise with suppliers to confirm order details, negotiate terms, and address any discrepancies. Inventory Control: Monitor and maintain appropriate inventory levels to meet organisational needs. Vendor Relationship: Cultivate positive...

Purchasing Assistant Location: Leicester - LE2 - with parking Working Hours: Flexible (9am - 5.30pm or 8am - 4.30pm) with an early Friday finish Job Type: Full-time We are currently seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Purchasing Assistant to join our team. The Purchasing Assistant will play a vital role in supporting the procurement process by managing purchase orders, coordinating with suppliers, and ensuring the efficient flow of goods and services. The ideal candidate should possess strong organisational skills, effective communication abilities, and a keen eye for detail. Key Responsibilities as the Purchasing Assistant Purchase Order Management: Create, review, and process purchase orders accurately and in a timely manner. Supplier Communication: Liaise with suppliers to confirm order details, negotiate terms, and address any discrepancies. Inventory Control: Monitor and maintain appropriate inventory levels to meet organisational needs. Vendor...

Purchasing Assistant Location: Leicester - LE2 - with parking Working Hours: Flexible (9am - 5.30pm or 8am - 4.30pm) with an early Friday finish Job Type: Full-time We are currently seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Purchasing Assistant to join our team. The Purchasing Assistant will play a vital role in supporting the procurement process by managing purchase orders, coordinating with suppliers, and ensuring the efficient flow of goods and services. The ideal candidate should possess strong organisational skills, effective communication abilities, and a keen eye for detail. Key Responsibilities as the Purchasing Assistant Purchase Order Management: Create, review, and process purchase orders accurately and in a timely manner. Supplier Communication: Liaise with suppliers to confirm order details, negotiate terms, and address any discrepancies. Inventory Control: Monitor and maintain appropriate inventory levels to meet organisational needs. Vendor...

Assistant Buyer Location: Leicester - LE2 - with parking Working Hours: Flexible (9am - 5.30pm or 8am - 4.30pm) with an early Friday finish Job Type: Full-time We are currently seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Assistant Buyer to join our team. The Assistant Buyer will play a vital role in supporting the procurement process by managing purchase orders, coordinating with suppliers, and ensuring the efficient flow of goods and services. The ideal candidate should possess strong organisational skills, effective communication abilities, and a keen eye for detail. Key Responsibilities as the Assistant Buyer Purchase Order Management: Create, review, and process purchase orders accurately and in a timely manner. Supplier Communication: Liaise with suppliers to confirm order details, negotiate terms, and address any discrepancies. Inventory Control: Monitor and maintain appropriate inventory levels to meet organisational needs. Vendor Relationship:...

Assistant Buyer Location: Leicester - LE2 - with parking Working Hours: Flexible (9am - 5.30pm or 8am - 4.30pm) with an early Friday finish Job Type: Full-time We are currently seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Assistant Buyer to join our team. The Assistant Buyer will play a vital role in supporting the procurement process by managing purchase orders, coordinating with suppliers, and ensuring the efficient flow of goods and services. The ideal candidate should possess strong organisational skills, effective communication abilities, and a keen eye for detail. Key Responsibilities as the Assistant Buyer Purchase Order Management: Create, review, and process purchase orders accurately and in a timely manner. Supplier Communication: Liaise with suppliers to confirm order details, negotiate terms, and address any discrepancies. Inventory Control: Monitor and maintain appropriate inventory levels to meet organisational needs. Vendor Relationship:...

Buyer (Expediting & ERP) Location: Coventry Job Type: Permanent Salary: Competitive The Opportunity An established and growing engineering and manufacturing organisation is seeking an experienced Buyer to join its supply chain team in Coventry. This is a fantastic opportunity for a proactive procurement professional to take ownership of supplier relationships, drive order fulfillment, and play a pivotal role in supporting ongoing manufacturing operations. The Role Working within a fast-paced environment, you will take full ownership of the end-to-end purchasing process, ensuring the timely and cost-effective supply of materials and services. A core focus of this position will be proactive order expediting, chasing up outstanding deliveries, and managing inventory flow using the internal ERP system to prevent any supply chain bottlenecks. Key Responsibilities Raise and manage purchase orders efficiently in line with live business requirements....

Buyer - Construction & Civil Engineering Location: Walsall, West Midlands (WS1) Salary: 35,000 per annum Job Type: Permanent Full-Time Hours: 40 hours per week The Opportunity We are recruiting for an experienced Buyer to join a leading UK civil engineering and infrastructure contractor based in Walsall. This is an excellent opportunity for a Buyer with experience in construction, civil engineering, utilities, water infrastructure or engineering procurement to join an established business delivering major infrastructure projects across the UK. Working closely with site teams, commercial departments and suppliers, you will be responsible for sourcing and purchasing construction materials, plant equipment and associated services, ensuring projects receive the right materials at the right time and at competitive prices. The position offers long-term job security, a strong benefits package and genuine opportunities for career progression. Key Responsibilities...

Buyer - Construction & Civil Engineering Location: Walsall, West Midlands (WS1) Salary: 35,000 per annum Job Type: Permanent Full-Time Hours: 40 hours per week The Opportunity We are recruiting for an experienced Buyer to join a leading UK civil engineering and infrastructure contractor based in Walsall. This is an excellent opportunity for a Buyer with experience in construction, civil engineering, utilities, water infrastructure or engineering procurement to join an established business delivering major infrastructure projects across the UK. Working closely with site teams, commercial departments and suppliers, you will be responsible for sourcing and purchasing construction materials, plant equipment and associated services, ensuring projects receive the right materials at the right time and at competitive prices. The position offers long-term job security, a strong benefits package and genuine opportunities for career progression. Key Responsibilities...

Customer Service, Transport & Purchasing Administrator Location: Tyseley, Birmingham Salary: 28,000 Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm (Paid break: 10:00-10:30 Lunch: 13:00-14:00) Our client, a dynamic organisation in the Manufacturing & Production sector, is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Customer Service, Transport & Purchasing Administrator to join their team in Birmingham. This is an exciting opportunity to play a crucial role in ensuring customer satisfaction and operational efficiency. Key Responsibilities Deliver excellent customer service, handling enquiries by phone and email. Support customers with order, delivery, pricing and invoice queries. Raise and process purchase orders, track deliveries and liaise with suppliers. Maintain stock records, carry out stock counts and investigate discrepancies. Coordinate courier bookings, transport administration and delivery queries. Resolve invoice and pricing issues quickly and...

Nicholas Associates have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Buyer to join a reputable groundworks and civil engineering contractor in the West Midlands. About the Company: Founded in the West Midlands, the company have built a strong reputation as the groundworks partner of choice for clients across the UK. The growth of the business has been driven by it's core values: safety first, high-quality delivery, value for money, and deep industry expertise. Thanks to a loyal and expanding client base, they have developed the scale and capability to serve major housebuilders and developers nationwide. Key Responsibilities: Build relationships and manage suppliers, negotiate prices and place orders Managing the day-to-day project procurement of materials Liaising with the on-site teams to source the most cost-effective materials, of the highest quality Monitoring the performance, quality, prices and development of suppliers Ensuring health and...

Buyer - Civil Engineering & Infrastructure Location: Walsall, West Midlands Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience We're looking for a motivated Buyer to join an established civil engineering and infrastructure business, supporting projects across water, transport, energy and the built environment. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with procurement experience in construction or engineering to develop their career within a busy, commercially focused team. Key Responsibilities Source and procure construction materials, plant and related services. Obtain and evaluate supplier quotations, negotiating competitive prices and delivery terms. Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, site teams and internal stakeholders. Ensure materials and services are delivered in line with project programmes, budgets and quality requirements. Monitor procurement costs, maintain accurate purchasing records and support commercial reporting....

Junior Buyer Training to Become a Buyer / Estimator Location: Stoke-on-Trent Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time Working Pattern: Fully On-Site Ready to build your career in purchasing? Looking to develop your buying experience and learn new skills? This is an exciting opportunity to join our client's team in Stoke-on-Trent, with the chance to progress into a Buyer / Estimator role. We're looking for a proactive, organised individual with some purchasing experience who enjoys working with suppliers, solving problems and learning how things work. You don't need estimating experience - just a positive attitude, attention to detail and a willingness to learn! What You'll Be Doing Supporting purchasing activities, sourcing components and obtaining competitive supplier quotations. Building supplier relationships and monitoring prices, lead times and deliveries. Managing purchase orders and maintaining accurate supplier information. Learning to interpret technical...

Senior Buyer Womenswear Essentials - 12 month Fixed Term Contract As a Senior Buyer within Essentials, you'll lead the end-to-end commercial and product strategy for a key growth category within TU Clothing. You'll translate category strategy into a compelling, customer-led product proposition, ensuring ranges are relevant, profitable and aligned to brand and business objectives. This is a senior buying role with accountability for shaping and delivering ranges at scale, driving performance across sales, margin, stock, availability and customer satisfaction. Working in close partnership with Design and Merchandising, you'll lead sourcing, buying and trading strategies that balance creativity, commerciality and pace to market. What you'll do You'll define and deliver the category strategy for Essentials, owning range architecture, selection, sourcing routes and in-season trading performance across all channels. Using strong customer, market and data insight, you'll lead...

IT Procurement and Contracts Manager Contracts Management, Project Support, Procurement, Public Sector,Customer Service IT Procurement and Contracts Manager - About the role: Are you a Contracts Manager knowledgeable in Procurement preferably, with a background working in the Public Sector looking for a new challenge? Do you have an eye for detail and comfortable working with a variety of clients and internal stakeholders and able to take the lead on managing a contract pipeline? If so, read on The IT Procurement and Contracts Manager will work in the Digital & Technology department working closely with the internal Procurement team to ensure compliance with UK Public Sector procurement regulations. You will manage in excess of 100 contracts ( large & small) ensuring delivery within regulatory and wider statutory obligations and manage the end-to-end procurement of contracts In addition you will ensure best value and budget maximisation are achieved, and...

Our client, a prominent player in the aerospace industry, is seeking a motivated and skilled Strategic Buyer to join their dynamic team in Leighton Buzzard. This role presents an exciting opportunity for professionals looking to make a significant impact within a fast-paced environment. Summary: Start date: ASAP Duration: 6 months Location: Leighton Buzzard Pay Rate: 23.00 per hour Hours: 39 hours per week Hybrid - Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday on site Key Responsibilities: As a Strategic Buyer, you will play a crucial role in sourcing parts, managing costs, and selecting suppliers based on an established commodity strategy. Your tasks will include: Processing Request for Quotations (RFQs) and cost data for production and development galleys, addressing pricing disputes and Purchase Price Variant (PPV). Leading and managing minimal risk work transfers while supporting the execution of gated work transfers. Collaborating with tactical counterparts and commodity...

Buyer / Procurement Officer Join a growing, profitable manufacturer in a varied purchasing role where you can help strengthen supply continuity, supplier performance and procurement efficiency while working closely with the Purchasing Manager and teams across the business. This role is officially known as a Buyer. If you’ve also worked in the following roles, we’d also like to hear from you: Purchasing Officer, Procurement Specialist, Purchaser, Sourcing Buyer, Purchasing Coordinator, Procurement Coordinator, Supply Chain Coordinator, Purchasing Specialist The benefits package includes a company incentive scheme, a salary sacrifice pension with 7.5% employer contributions, Westfield Health Scheme membership, flexi-time and free on-site parking.   SALARY: Competitive (depending on experience and qualifications) + Benefits LOCATION: Hope Valley, Derbyshire JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent WORKING HOURS: 37.5 hours per...

Senior Procurement Manager - Power & Energy Infrastructure Location: Stevenage, SG1 2ST (Flexible / Hybrid) Rate: Up to 600 per day Start Date: 9 November 2026 Contract End: 12 November 2027 Hours: 40 hours per week We are recruiting an experienced Senior Procurement Manager to support our client on its overhead lines and energy infrastructure programme. This is a long-term contract opportunity to lead strategic sourcing, supply chain engagement and tendering activity, establishing robust framework agreements to support ED3 bids and mobilisation. Key responsibilities: - Lead tendering exercises and establish strategic framework agreements. - Manage supplier engagement, commercial evaluations and contract negotiations. - Compare full subcontract packages against labour-only delivery models. - Work with technical, operational, ESG and legal teams to develop tender-ready documentation. - Assess pricing structures, commercial risks and supplier proposals. - Maintain procurement...

Position: Buyer Location: Abingdon Salary: 33,000 - 37,000 per annum Our client is seeking a Buyer to support operational purchasing within its Supply Chain team. This is a hands-on role where accurate ordering, proactive supplier follow-up and reliable SAP data help keep materials available and production moving. The Role: As a Buyer, you will work within the Supply Chain team, dealing with suppliers and internal stakeholders to ensure timely, cost-effective procurement. Reporting to the Operational Purchasing Manager, you will manage purchase orders, resolve delivery issues and support informed purchasing decisions through quotation analysis and cost comparisons. The emphasis is on operational procurement rather than direct sourcing. You will also issue Requests for Quotation (RFQs), contribute to supplier benchmarking and help identify practical cost-saving opportunities. The role is 39 hours per week, requires no travel and has no direct reports. Main...

Position: Buyer Location: Abingdon Salary: 33,000 - 37,000 per annum Our client is seeking a Buyer to support operational purchasing within its Supply Chain team. This is a hands-on role where accurate ordering, proactive supplier follow-up and reliable SAP data help keep materials available and production moving. The Role: As a Buyer, you will work within the Supply Chain team, dealing with suppliers and internal stakeholders to ensure timely, cost-effective procurement. Reporting to the Operational Purchasing Manager, you will manage purchase orders, resolve delivery issues and support informed purchasing decisions through quotation analysis and cost comparisons. The emphasis is on operational procurement rather than direct sourcing. You will also issue Requests for Quotation (RFQs), contribute to supplier benchmarking and help identify practical cost-saving opportunities. The role is 39 hours per week, requires no travel and has no direct reports. Main...