Purchasing Specialist
Location: Plymouth – Hybrid working
Salary: Negotiable
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
My client is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Procurement Specialist to join their team in the Plymouth area. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a forward-thinking organisation where procurement plays a key role in driving value and efficiency. This role needs someone with a solid background in procurement, a hand on person with generalist, transactional experience.
About the Role
As a Procurement Officer, you’ll be responsible for sourcing and procuring a wide range of goods and services, ensuring value for money while maintaining high standards of quality and compliance. You’ll work closely with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to manage contracts, negotiate terms, and support continuous improvement across procurement processes.
Key Responsibilities
*Working with the business to source and procure a wide range of required goods and services, ensuring optimal value for money within defined service and quality criteria
*Ensuring that procurement processes are followed to seek and evaluate competitive tenders and proposals for the supply of goods and service. This process will involve negotiating with suppliers on all commercial and contractual matters to achieve optimal levels of value versus risk
*Identifying opportunities to add improvements to the "bottom line" through cost savings or process change. Promoting continual improvement in all aspects of the Procurement function
*Managing supplier relationships, coordinating multiple stakeholder interfaces to ensure a consistent and collaborative approach. Identifying and implementing supplier improvement actions and operate 360 feedback processes and seeking to resolve contractual and supplier disputes as and when they occur. Understanding and adhering to the company and department standards, policies and procedures
*Developing and maintaining strong and positive working relationships with internal stakeholders, ensuring that requirements are understood and addressed. Seeking to promote the Procurement function as a positive enabler and an integral partner to the business
*Operating and maintaining required systems to support and improve the Procurement function
*Working closely with the HSEQ teams to ensure that the supply chain is safe and delivers quality goods and services
*Other procurement and supply chain tasks that are required from time to time
What We’re Looking For
*Qualifications: CIPS4 desirable
*Experience: Proven procurement experience in a similar role, ideally within complex or regulated industries such as engineering, infrastructure, or manufacturing, essential
Skills
*Strong negotiation and contract management skills
*Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement
*Analytical thinking and attention to detail
*Proficiency in SAP, e-tendering systems, and Microsoft Office
*Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
Benefits:
*Generous salary – DOE
*Discretionary bonus
*Pension
*Generous holiday
*Free onsite parking
*Hybrid working – initially fully on site – 4-6 weeks (expenses paid) then on site once a week/fortnight