Buyer

Yeovil, Somerset
Meridian Business Support
Our client, based in Yeovil (BA20), are seeking a Buyer to agree contracts with a supply base to acquire specific goods and services for internal and external customer. This is a full-time temporary position working 37 hours per week until December 2025 with the possibility of extension.

Main Purpose: The Buyer will agree contracts with a supply base to acquire specific goods and services for internal and external customers on time and within budget and to the correct quality standard. This may include agreeing contracts with new suppliers, including agreement with, and support of, new terms and conditions. Critical to this role, is the requirement to prioritise your work in order to discharge tasks and activities effectively, to meet the needs of the business. You will conduct procurement activity in a way that optimises commercial advantage for the business and minimises risk.

Key Responsabilities:

• Understand the service and or goods that are or will be required by the company.
• Establish appropriate contracts to deliver the goods or and services that meet the business needs.
• Select appropriate suppliers from existing approved suppliers, ( or recommend new suppliers and obtain approval from their Manager), that can deliver goods or services in accordance with the company requirements for quality, cost and delivery.
• Drive and direct critical activities with your suppliers to ensure on time delivery of goods and or services to the correct contract conditions.
• Identify and manage risks and issues within contract.

Skills and Experience Required:

• Good communication skills (written and verbal) including the ability to influence internally and externally and solve problems using own initiative or on occasion by seeking assistance.
• Advanced team working skills and capable of co-ordinating of some multi-functional team activity.
• Computer literate (knowledge of SAP would be an advantage).
• Relevant procurement or commercial experience.
• Have and maintain a valid driving licence.
• Able & willing to travel alone or as part of a team within the UK and overseas.
• Aware of & willing to abide by the attached Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply professional code of ethics

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Business for this vacancy.