Job Description

• Job Reference:48606DH_1732209709

• Job Type: Permanent

• Job Industry: Management Consultancy

• Contact Name: Darren Herd

• Job Location: Cambridgeshire

• Job Title: Buyer

• Job Salary: £35,000 - £37,000 Per Annum

Job Start Date: ASAP

Portfolio Procurement has been engaged by our leading Cambridgeshire based client to recruit for a Buyer.

The role of the Buyer is to ensure that high level buying practices are adopted to achieve the highest possible standards.

Responsibilities:

* Negotiate regularly with key suppliers to achieve the best price and delivery.
* Hold regular meetings with key suppliers within your Commodity Group to ensure that the suppliers are performing.
* To evaluate all quotations, to ensure they meet the needs of our requirements and that the costs quoted are in line with our budgets.

Skills/Experience:

* Ability to communicate clearly with all internal stakeholders and suppliers and respond quickly to urgent requests. To be able to manage own workload independently.
* A good commercial background.
* To work safely and ethically Flexibility to travel within the UK as and when required.
* Good understanding of all Microsoft Office packages.
* A good level of attention to detail is essential Experience in working in a fast-moving Procurement department preferably with some engineering buying experience

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