Project Buyer

Project Buyer

Yolk Recruitment are supporting an exciting recruitment campaign for an experienced Project Buyer to join a dynamic procurement team within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. This role is ideal for a procurement professional with strong supplier negotiation, RFQ management, and supply chain development experience, looking to play a key role in cost reduction, supplier strategy, and new product introduction.

As a Project Buyer, you will take ownership of project-based purchasing activities, working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver competitive quotations, effective sourcing strategies, and robust supply chain solutions. You will also contribute to supplier performance improvement, cost optimisation, and inventory reduction initiatives, ensuring materials are delivered on time and projects run smoothly.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a background in procurement, sourcing, or supply chain management who enjoys a mix of strategic sourcing, supplier development, and project purchasing.

Key Responsibilities

Manage project-based procurement activities, delivering competitive and accurate material quotations aligned with customer requirements.
Identify, evaluate, and benchmark new and existing suppliers to ensure best value and supply reliability.
Work closely with NPI teams to develop supply chain solutions for new products and components.
Lead supplier negotiations to secure the most cost-effective sourcing solutions during quotation and NPI stages.
Support initiatives to achieve cost reduction targets and PPV improvements.
Develop and strengthen strategic supplier partnerships to improve performance and long-term value.
Contribute to supplier rationalisation and consolidation strategies to streamline the supply base.
Support monitoring and improvement of supplier performance metrics.
Ensure supply chain risks are mitigated, supporting the objective of zero production line stoppages due to material shortages.
Support inventory management initiatives and reduction of raw material stock levels.
Ensure a smooth handover of sourcing and supply chain information to tactical buyers once projects move into production.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineering, planning, quality, and production.

This is what you'll need:

Experience working in a procurement, purchasing, or supply chain role, ideally within manufacturing or engineering.
Strong supplier negotiation and cost management skills.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. And this is what you'll get:

Competitive salary.
Private medical insurance.
Death in service