Administrative Buyer

Administrative 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 Administrative 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 Administrative 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 Administrative Buyer opportunity

This vacancy is being advertised by Belcan.

Purchase Order Management, RFQ, Supplier Relationship Management, SAP, Excel, Procument Administration, Stakeholder Communication, Supply Chain