Job Description
BuyerLocation: Stowmarket (Hybrid)Contract Type: Full-time, PermanentSalary: Competitive + Flexible Benefits
Freedom has an exciting opportunity for a Buyer to support procurement activity across our Network Services business in the North. You will play a key role in delivering best value across contracts, working closely with operational teams and supply chain partners to ensure performance, cost control and continuous improvement.
Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:
- Ensure compliance with Health & Safety processes, promoting a safety-first culture.
- Support and lead supplier performance reviews, ensuring SLAs are met and improvements implemented.
- Work closely with operational teams to ensure suppliers and subcontractors deliver best value.
- Support tender activity by providing procurement input, pricing data and supply chain expertise.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across procurement and supply chain performance.
- Develop and implement procurement strategies aligned to contract requirements.
- Lead or support procurement activities including tenders, negotiations, and order placement.
- Collaborate with operational teams to develop procurement plans and schedules.
- Support delivery of cost savings, margin improvement and rebate targets.
- Produce procurement reports and contribute to contract performance dashboards.
- Attend and support contract review meetings, ensuring actions are captured and followed through.
What We're Looking For
- Experience in a procurement or buying role, ideally within construction, utilities or infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of supplier management and performance monitoring.
- Experience supporting or leading tendering and negotiation processes.
- Good commercial awareness with a focus on cost control and value improvement.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with operational teams and supply chain partners.
- Good organisational skills and attention to detail.
Benefits
We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:
- Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
- 25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
- Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)
- Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
- Private Medical Insurance
- Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible benefits including Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes
- Personal development programme
Next Steps:
As a business, we're on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.
We'll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met. About Us:
Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.
Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.
Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.
