Operational Buyer

As an Operation Buyer, you will be responsible for supporting the Procurement team with all operational aspects of the purchasing lifecycle and related supplier activity.

You will be involved in all aspects of the purchasing lifecycle, predominantly taking responsibility for progressing purchase requests, requesting and converting quotes into purchase orders and supporting the delivery of a timely and compliant procurement service.

You will understand business requirements, review purchase requests, coordinate deliveries and returns and work closely with Purchase Ledger to resolve any invoice discrepancies.

Acting as a central point of expertise for operational purchasing activity, you will be closely collaborating with all members of the Procurement department and support for business as usual (BAU) requirements.

• Experience of building effective working relationships across all levels of the business.
• Basic understanding of procurement principles with proven experience of working within a purchasing function, in a buying or procurement role.
• Experience of request for quotation activity, converting quotations in to purchase orders and managing supplier and internal customer queries.
• Knowledge of relevant procurement legislation and regulations.
• Understanding of PROACTIS purchase order system.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise tasks appropriately.
• Awareness of relevant procurement legislation and regulations.
• CIPS qualified at level 2 or equivalent workplace experience.

• Reviewing all purchase order requests, prior to processing.
• Liaising with external suppliers and internal customers to schedule call-offs and resolve queries.
• Managing retrospective purchase orders against operational invoices.
• Creating, maintaining and updating spend reports for management review.
• Supporting procurement governance and compliance requirements across the Business.
• Participating in and support procurement transformation and continuous identification of process improvements.