Assistant Buyer

Assistant Buyer

Warwick | 12-Month Rolling Contract | Inside IR35

PAYE: £215.00 - £265.00 per day

Umbrella: £290.00 - £358.00 per day

37.5 Hours Per Week

Hybrid - 2-3 days Per Week in the Office

Belcan Workforce Solutions is recruiting for an Assistant Buyer to join a leading engineering and manufacturing organisation based in Warwick. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced procurement professional to join a fast-paced, high-volume purchasing environment where organisation, attention to detail and strong stakeholder management skills are essential.

The successful Assistant Buyer will provide day-to-day support across a busy procurement function, ensuring purchase orders, supplier quotations and procurement activities are managed efficiently and accurately. This role is heavily administration-focused and would suit someone with strong direct procurement experience who enjoys working in a hands-on operational purchasing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a high-volume workload and ensure purchase orders are raised and issued in a timely manner.
• Obtain quotations from suppliers and manage RFQ activities.
• Chase suppliers for outstanding quotations and updates.
• Follow up with internal stakeholders to obtain information required to progress procurement activities.
• Manage supplier communications and build effective working relationships.
• Attend supplier meetings and support ongoing supplier management activities.
• Resolve supplier, invoicing and payment queries.
• Maintain procurement records and ensure systems are kept up to date.
• Support procurement processes, compliance activities and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Work closely with project and operational teams to ensure procurement requirements are delivered on time.
• Carry out a variety of ad hoc procurement and administrative duties as required.

What We're Looking For

• Minimum 3 years' experience within Direct Procurement.
• Strong SAP transactional experience.
• Excellent Excel skills.
• Previous experience working within a fast-paced, high-volume procurement or purchasing environment.
• Experience raising purchase orders and managing RFQ processes.
• Strong administration, organisation and prioritisation skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the confidence to liaise with suppliers and internal stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to manage multiple activities simultaneously and work effectively to tight deadlines.
• A proactive approach with strong attention to detail and accuracy.

If you have direct procurement experience, strong SAP and Excel skills, and thrive in a busy purchasing environment, we'd like to hear from you about this Assistant Buyer opportunity