Job Description
Buyer
Location: Birmingham City Centre (Hybrid working)
Salary: £40,000
Contract: Full-time, permanent - Monday to Friday
Outsource UK is recruiting a Buyer to join a high-performing procurement team within a Legal services environment. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Buyer to play a key role in delivering strategic procurement activity, supporting business objectives, and driving value across the supply chain.
The Role Reporting into the Head of Procurement & Finance Operations, you’ll support procurement initiatives that improve efficiency, governance, and commercial outcomes. You’ll work closely with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to deliver compliant, value-driven procurement projects, with occasional travel and flexibility around working patterns.
Key Responsibilities
You’ll be a self-motivated and commercially minded Buyer with experience purchasing indirect goods and services, confident working across a broad stakeholder base.
You’ll bring:
Inclusion Statement:
Outsource UK is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. You'll receive fair consideration for your application regardless of your race, religion or belief, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, disability, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, or age.
We’re proud Corporate Members of the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower. If you need any adjustments at any stage - from application to interview or in your new role - please let us know. We’re here to support you every step of the way.
We believe diversity of thought and background makes us stronger, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and life experiences.
Location: Birmingham City Centre (Hybrid working)
Salary: £40,000
Contract: Full-time, permanent - Monday to Friday
Outsource UK is recruiting a Buyer to join a high-performing procurement team within a Legal services environment. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Buyer to play a key role in delivering strategic procurement activity, supporting business objectives, and driving value across the supply chain.
The Role Reporting into the Head of Procurement & Finance Operations, you’ll support procurement initiatives that improve efficiency, governance, and commercial outcomes. You’ll work closely with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to deliver compliant, value-driven procurement projects, with occasional travel and flexibility around working patterns.
Key Responsibilities
- Initiate and deliver procurement projects in line with procurement policy
- Lead commercial negotiations and manage supplier selection processes with a full audit trail
- Ensure timely renewal, re-tendering, and optimisation of existing contracts
- Identify and deliver cost reduction and value improvement opportunities
- Draft RFx documentation and manage supplier evaluations
- Lead and attend supplier business review meetings
- Drive performance improvement plans with underperforming suppliers
- Develop efficient buying routes for high-volume, high-value spend
- Monitor compliance with procurement policies and relevant industry standards
- Maintain and manage the Supplier Contracts Database and Supplier Portal
You’ll be a self-motivated and commercially minded Buyer with experience purchasing indirect goods and services, confident working across a broad stakeholder base.
You’ll bring:
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills, with good working knowledge of Word and PowerPoint
- Experience using ERP, finance, or purchase order systems (desirable)
- Proven ability to work collaboratively with suppliers to achieve pragmatic commercial outcomes
- Experience influencing stakeholders at all levels, internally and externally
- Solid understanding of the end-to-end procurement process
- Flexibility to work outside contractual hours when required to meet deadlines
- Excellent organisation, attention to detail, and prioritisation skills
- MCIPS qualified or willing to work towards MCIPS (study support available)
Inclusion Statement:
Outsource UK is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. You'll receive fair consideration for your application regardless of your race, religion or belief, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, disability, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, or age.
We’re proud Corporate Members of the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower. If you need any adjustments at any stage - from application to interview or in your new role - please let us know. We’re here to support you every step of the way.
We believe diversity of thought and background makes us stronger, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and life experiences.
