Junior Buyer

Description:

Location: Ely (CB6) and Cambridge (CB24)
Work Type: 11-month fixed term contract
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday (hybrid working - at least 2 days a week in Ely and 1 day a week in Cambridge)
Salary: £33,000 - £40,000 per annum, depending on experience
Job Reference: 36339

We're looking for a Junior Buyer to join a fast-paced Supply Chain team on an 11-month fixed-term contract.
You'll support day-to-day purchasing, supplier management and procurement analysis, working closely with suppliers and internal teams to ensure cost, quality and delivery targets are met.

Responsibilities:
- Manage purchase orders, expediting, returns and supplier queries
- Support RFIs, RFQs, supplier sourcing and benchmarking
- Build and maintain effective supplier relationships and monitor performance
- Analyse purchasing, cost, inventory and supplier data, producing reports and dashboards
- Work with engineering and other stakeholders to resolve supply and quality issues
- Support supplier onboarding, compliance, risk management and continuous improvement
- Identify opportunities to improve cost, efficiency and supply chain performance

Requirements:
- Degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Operations or a related discipline, or equivalent experience
- Experience in procurement, purchasing, supply chain or a similar role
- Experience with purchase orders and supplier management
- Good commercial awareness and strong communication skills
- Experience using an ERP system, ideally NetSuite or similar
- Organised, proactive and comfortable managing competing priorities
- Strong Excel and analytical skills%3B Power BI experience is desirable
- CIPS or similar qualification is desirable

Please contact us as soon as possible for more details or apply below