Buyer/Business Administrator Role

Are you ready to step into a dynamic, dual-role position that will sharpen both your administrative and purchasing skills while supporting critical operations in a fast-paced environment?

This opportunity offers the best of both worlds—strategic procurement engagement and essential business support—giving you the chance to influence supplier relationships and internal process improvement.

Join a company where your eye for detail, organisation, and communication skills will be valued across multiple business functions—empowering you to make a tangible impact from day one.

The Role

This is a split role taking on Business Admin responsibilities, the role of a purchasing assistant would be split across the week (typically 3 days/week Business Admin, 2 days/week Purchasing).

Your duties and responsibilities will be

Purchasing

• Effectively manage a portfolio of suppliers to deliver items and services on time in full to cost and meeting IES quality requirements. Manage any issues that arise during the course of supply
• To support the Purchasing Manager in identification and delivery of purchasing cost reduction and supply chain improvement targets and to ensure suppliers are used in line with the agreed IES purchasing strategy
• Management of specific Suppliers and Purchasing Sectors

Business Admin

• Provide Business Administration for IES
• Produce weekly and monthly reports for the business, including producing monthly SHE stats for inclusion in Runcorn Site report
• Administer IES databases for SHE, Quality and Environmental auditing including arranging of yearly audit schedules
• Provide support for IES in administering the IES Customer Complaints database and associated KPI files

You will have the following qualifications & experience

• Strong problem-solving skills and concern for standards; effective communicator and good team player; well organised; self-motivated
• Good communication skills, via email, phone and in person
• Results Orientated, focussing attention on key objectives and priorities
• Experience of building and maintaining relationships across the business
• Experience with admin responsibilities

It’s great if you also have the following

• Knowledge of purchasing is desirable

Benefits

• 25 days basic holiday
• Holiday bonus option (choice of additional days or cash payment per annum)
• Discretionary business bonus
• Defined Contribution (DC) Pension with generous company contribution
• Life Assurance
• Free on-site gym
• EV charging facility

Get in touch now

If you're seeking a new opportunity and think you have the skills and experience our client desires then apply now or contact Emma Chambers via LinkedIn.