Buyer/Procurement Specialist
- Field: Retail
- Deadline: 2026-01-26 11:01
- Manchester, Greater Manchester
Salary: c.£50,000 plus car allowance, bonus and pension
Location: South Manchester (3 days in office)
Permanent role
Grafton Recruitment are working with a large award-winning engineering and construction focused corporate to recruit an experienced procurement professional.
We are looking to speak with candidates who have a background in tendering of materials, services, and 3rd party agreements, managing procurement projects, and in setting up framework agreements.
You will be joining a large and sophisticated function, with the opportunity to develop your procurement skillset and with the chance of promotion within the team. This is a successful and growing organisation that has won awards around how it services its customers.
Responsibilities:
Developing and running tender processes
Negotiating pricing and contractual terms
Identifying and delivering cost savings, or cost avoidance
Implementing and renewing framework agreements
Managing and influencing internal stakeholders
Managing supplier relationships and supplier performance, compliance and preventing supplier risk
Sourcing potential new suppliersRequirements:
Previous procurement experience
Demonstrable working knowledge of complex tendering process
Delivering strong commercial agreements
Project procurement involvement
Strong interpersonal skills and strong analytical skills
Full UK Drivers licence
For further details contact Adrian Harrison (Principal Consultant - Procurement Recruitment)
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