Assistant Buyer

We are looking for an Assistant Buyer to work within the healthcare sector.

Location: Hybrid working- Leeds

About the role: The assistant buyer will support the buying team and will look to drive new business opportunities to increase market growth and provide savings to the NHS

Essential Skills: The ideal candidates will have a proven Assistant Buyer background with following skills/experience:

• 2 years' experience within a Procurement department and/or relevant industry experience
• Knowledge of procurement categories (ideally NHS) and public sector procurement processes such as OJEU or PCR 2015
• Experience of supporting the Procurement process for RFI, RFP, E-procurement, negotiation and vendor management in relevant categories.
• Experience in delivering cost savings
• Able to meet customer requirements by demonstrating the best value for money

It would be great if you also had

• Public Sector or NHS exposure is desirable
• CIPS or willingness to undertake
• Supplier interaction experience
• Knowledge of procurement portals such Contracts Finder