Operational Buyer

Hours:
Monday to Friday (35 hours per week)

At Innovus, we are committed to delivering market leading solutions and professional services. As an Operational Buyer, you will be contributing to our vision to be recognised as the market leading provider of services to the UK’s property sector.

We are proud to employ highly skilled, experienced and innovative people who deliver business expertise and services across the property industry.

• Provide data driven insights and procurement analysis to support category strategies and sourcing decisions to further improve supplier performance and company growth.
• Enhance our procurement operations through process optimisation, data stewardship, reporting, and supplier lifecycle management.
• Act as a point of contact for internal stakeholders requiring analysis, procurement insights, and support.

• Reports to the Procurement Manager
• Works closely with other Procurement team members, Operations, H&S, Compliance, Finance, IT, Purchase Ledger, and suppliers.

• Analyse procurement data to identify opportunities, supplier performance trends, and areas for improvement.
• Lead the monthly reporting cycle, specifically for Management reporting, with ongoing maintenance and management of associated data.
• Produce and maintain dashboards and key reports (spend analytics, supplier scorecards, compliance metrics) along with supporting the development of KPIs, SLAs and procurement performance metrics.
• Identify improvements to policies, processes, systems, and reporting to enhance procurement efficiency and user experience.
• Identify procurement technology enhancements.
• Participate in cross functional initiatives to improve supplier management, compliance, and procurement visibility.

• Support the delivery of standardised procurement processes, policies, and operating procedures across business.
• Demonstrate an understanding of ESG principles, particularly sustainable procurement practices.
• Support risk and compliance activities, including Health & Safety, financial risk, and other operational risks relevant to procurement.
• Collaborate with ordering team, Purchase Ledger, and Operations to improve the P2P cycle.
• Support supplier onboarding (PQQ/accreditation), data validation, and ongoing re‑accreditation processes.
• Assess supplier capability, quality, pricing, delivery, compliance, and performance through structured analytics.
• Maintain supplier master data with accuracy and ensure alignment with procurement systems (e.g. Qube, Workday).

• Provide support to sourcing events (including RFIs, RFPs, Tenders)
• Support contract compliance checks, pricing validation, and document management in collaboration with Legal.
• Assist in negotiation preparation through cost breakdown analysis, market cost comparison, and scenario modelling.

• Experience of working with a wide range of procurement data, demonstrating strong analytical skills and high attention to detail.
• Strong IT skills:
  Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook); understanding of Power BI, procurement systems.
• Confident and articulate communicator - able to present insights clearly and influence decision making.
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritise effectively, and manage workload independently.
• Problem solving mindset with ability to investigate issues and recommend solutions.
• Minimum of 2 years of procurement analysis and/or procurement operations experience.
• Currently working towards (or hold) a minimum of CIPS Level 4 or Associate Membership.
• Experience with in a procurement role covering indirect categories.

• "Can Do" attitude with a proactive approach to problem solving.
• Strong organisational and planning skills.
• Ability to build strong working relationships with stakeholders and suppliers.
• Innovative thinker, able to challenge existing processes and propose improvements.

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