This is an exciting opportunity for anyone who enjoys working with people and developing their skills on real projects. This role will be involved in diverse business issues as it supports our commercial teams to identify risks, develop commercial proposals and business solutions, manage new business contracts and analyse business cases. It creates an opportunity for somebody to develop against the Level 4 Sales Executive Apprenticeship Standard, with a view to joining the team on a permanent basis.
This role will be based on an operational site and therefore due to Health and Safety considerations, candidates must be 18 or over to apply.
What you will be doing:
As a Commercial Buyer Apprentice, your role will support the Commercial team and will have responsibility for the following:
Purchase material, in line with specified cost, quality and delivery targets.
Negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods.
Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships and keep up good communication.
Ensure that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships.
Assess and evaluate suppliers' performance to ensure contract compliance.
Contact suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery or invoice issues.
Act as an interface between suppliers and other relevant departments on purchasing processes and new projects and activities.
Monitor market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers.
Prepare reports and updates as and when required.
Visit customers and Buyer's customers regularly.
Provide support to other Commercial Buyers maintaining and gaining new business.
Develop and manage accounts, reporting and mentoring to drive daily/weekly targets.
About you:
Ability to be responsive and flexible in switching activities.
Good team player and enjoys working with others.
Capable of working on their own and self-motivated.
Organised with attention to detail.
Possesses a “can do” attitude and thrives on positive results.
