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Assistant Buyer
August 1, 2023 | Comments Off on Assistant Buyer
Location: Flexible with hybrid travel to Rushden, Northamptonshire
Business Unit: Kier Group Services
Contract: Full-Time, permanent and able to consider part-time opportunities
Key Responsibilities
In this Assistant Buyer role, you will manage ticket requests from the business in line with SLAs. You'll raise purchase orders for projects and ensure urgent orders are approved within a timely manner. This role will involve providing appropriate benchmarking high value requisitions and supporting the wider Kier operating units with pricing requests.
What are we looking for?
An organised and proactive individual with a customer focused approach. You'll have good customer service skills with an ability to adapt in a demanding environment. You'll be able to work under your own initiative and previous experience within a Procurement industry is desirable.
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.
We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:
- enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance, and more
- 26 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays
- A 24/7 virtual GP service available to you and your immediate household
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website.
Who is Kier?
As a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We take pride in bringing specialist knowledge, sector leading experience and fresh thinking to all that we do.
We are collaborative, trusted and focused, and we will empower you to achieve your career goals, and listen to your thoughts, ideas and challenges.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives. You can see more about our D&I action plan here.
Closing Date: Friday 1st September 2023
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.