Buyer

Role Responsibility

Would you enjoy a busy and varied role, with a range of routine and project-based tasks? The Sourcing Support Team are looking for a Buyer to join their team.

You will be responsible for creating purchase orders and setting up new suppliers, as well as supporting the procurement of low value goods and services, including those most commonly sourced by the council.

Working closely with the Senior Buyer and Sourcing Support Team Manager, you will undertake research, review spending data, solve problems and contribute towards continual improvements in our processes, many of which support spend control and delivering best value for the wider council. You'll be a team player, who can use their own initiative. You should also have a keen attention for detail, the ability to prioritise your work, and be confident in communicating with a wide range of people.

You'll have the chance to further develop your skills and opportunities within the team, through studying for a qualification in procurement and supply, via an Apprenticeship for which a proportion of study leave will be made available.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Contact Details

For further information, please contact:

Chris Wimhurst, Sourcing Support Team Manager on 03000 410966 or by email at Christopher.wimhurst@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.