We're looking for a Buyer to join our Procurement Team based in Northamptonshire.

Location: Rushden, - hybrid working available, with travel to the office required 1 day a week 

Hours: 37.5 hours per week – some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

What will you be responsible for?

As a Buyer you'll be working within the Procurement Team, Supporting the Category Management team in delivering value for money for the client.

Your day to day will include:

• Manage ticket requests from the business in line with SLA's
• Raise purchase orders for projects and site teams for projects as requested via internal systems.
• Manage / support tenders as appropriate
• Carry out pricing and benchmarking exercises as appropriate
• Ensure urgent orders are approved by the business in a timely manner
• Achieve individual savings target which contributes to the overall team target
• Record cost saving and mitigation and lost opportunity
• Maximise opportunities to utilise preferred suppliers
• Provide feedback to the Category Management team as appropriate on supplier performance, price lists and new business requirements

What are we looking for?

This role of  is great for you if:

• Excellent organisational and administration skills. Ability to organise and plan effectively in a demanding environment.
• Experience of working as part of a team and working from own initiative.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Good interpersonal & communication skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of the business and with external clients.

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier