Junior Buyer

Overview

Tachbrook Park, Warwick – Permanent, Full-time, Hybrid – Up to £33,000 (dependent on experience). Looking to build your career in procurement and take real ownership of spend, suppliers, and sourcing activity. At Calor
, we’re looking for a Junior Buyer to join our Procurement team, supporting the delivery of best‑value procurement across our UK operations and the wider SHV Energy group. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with foundational procurement knowledge who’s ready to step up, gain hands‑on experience, and develop their commercial skills in a supportive, collaborative environment.

As a Junior Buyer, you’ll work closely with internal stakeholders to deliver a professional, compliant procurement service across a defined tactical spend portfolio of £15m+. You’ll support the Senior Buyer and Head of Procurement while managing day‑to‑day sourcing activity across operational categories such as MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Operations). This role offers real exposure to supplier negotiations, stakeholder engagement, and procurement strategy execution – ideal if you’re early in your procurement career and keen to grow.

• Support procurement strategies focused on cost reduction, value creation, service continuity, quality, and risk management.
• Run tactical sourcing activities and support supplier negotiations in line with responsible procurement practices.
• Assist with contract negotiations and agreement execution, working with Legal where required.
• Support supplier performance management and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Partner with internal teams including Material Planning and Production to align procurement with operational needs.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across sites and functions.
• Keep stakeholders informed on delivery dates, changes, and potential issues.

• Create and manage purchase orders, including follow‑up on non‑delivered orders.
• Maintain supplier and pricing data, catalogues, and procurement master data.
• Support supplier onboarding and data accuracy within ERP and sourcing systems.

• Track KPIs, monitor order status, and support reporting requirements.
• Contribute to team savings targets and procurement value initiatives.
• Support market monitoring, supply risk awareness, and pricing trend analysis.
• Get involved in wider projects that support business objectives.

• Degree‑educated, CIPS qualified, or equivalent with 1+ year of procurement experience.
• Understanding of procurement activities, including tactical sourcing.
• Experience using procurement or ERP systems, including purchase order creation.
• Strong organisational, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.
• Confident communicator, able to work with stakeholders at all levels.

• Experience with SAP and/or Ariba.
• Experience using sourcing platforms such as Jaggaer.
• Exposure to KPI tracking and order follow‑up activity.

• Managing a defined tactical procurement portfolio within the Senior Buyer’s scope.
• Contributing to team‑level savings and value delivery.
• Supporting risk mitigation through effective supplier relationships.
• Building procurement capability and stakeholder engagement across the business.
• Being a proactive, reliable team player within Procurement and Procurement Excellence.

• 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Matched pension contributions (4.5%, rising to 7.5% after 2 years)