Procurement Buyer

As a Category Buyer, you'll help ensure we secure the right goods and services at the right value, enabling our teams to deliver safe, efficient and high-quality services for customers. Working closely with Category Managers and stakeholders across the organisation, you'll support procurement projects, supplier management and commercial decision-making that directly contributes to organisational success. This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious procurement professional who wants to build their commercial expertise and grow their procurement career within a large and purpose-led organisation. What you'll be doing You'll support strategic sourcing and contract management activities across a range of categories, helping deliver value for money while maintaining excellent governance and compliance standards. Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting procurement and sourcing projects from initiation through to completion
• Conducting market research and supplier analysis
• Analysing commercial, procurement and spend data
• Supporting supplier engagement and relationship management
• Assisting with contract management activities
• Ensuring procurement activity complies with policy and legislative requirements
• Building strong relationships with internal stakeholders
• Supporting continuous improvement across procurement processes, This role offers the opportunity to deepen your commercial and procurement expertise while working on meaningful projects that deliver real value.
You'll gain experience in:
• Strategic sourcing
• Supplier and contract management
• Procurement project delivery
• Commercial analysis
• Stakeholder engagement and influence
• Risk management and governance
As part of a supportive procurement team, you'll have the chance to grow your capability and progress your procurement career.

We're looking for someone with strong commercial awareness, a curious mindset and a desire to develop within procurement. You'll have:
• Experience in a procurement, commercial or purchasing environment
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and identify insights
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities
• Strong communication and relationship-building abilities
• Good Microsoft Office skills
• An understanding of procurement principles and processes
• Experience working with digital systems such as ERP, CRM or MRP platforms
GCSEs and A Levels (or equivalent) are essential. CIPS membership or working towards CIPS would be advantageous.

At Bromford Flagship LiveWest, our purpose is to enable people to thrive. Everything we do is focused on creating homes and communities where people can flourish. Guided by our values of Customer-driven, Ambitious and All-in, we're looking for people who want to make a positive difference and help us continually improve the services we provide.