Senior Buyer – Technology
Location: London HQ (1 day a week)
Salary: Up to £47K + 26 days AL + wide range of benefits across EV leasing, solar discounts, health, wellbeing, lifestyle, home and more
Talent Drive are supporting a leading business who are looking for a Senior Buyer to join a growing Procurement team, supporting delivery of ambitious sustainability and technology goals. You’ll be responsible for sourcing software, hardware, services, hosting and more, ensuring value for money, strong supplier partnerships, and measurable impact.
This is a great opportunity reporting into a very strong Procurement leadership team, working alongside Procurement Managers and Senior Procurement Managers. You’ll be a key partner to stakeholders across Technology and wider business functions, helping to build strategies, manage suppliers and highlight risks.
Key Responsibilities
* Partnering with senior stakeholders to support sourcing activity.
* Contributing to category strategies across Software, Hardware, Professional Services, Data Services and Networks/Telco.
* Negotiating supplier contracts and managing supplier relationships.
* Gathering and analysing spend data to inform strategy.
* Supporting savings initiatives and opportunity analysis.
* Working with Legal and Finance to ensure budgets and contracts are in place.
* Educating stakeholders on procurement processes and policy.
* Maintaining procurement systems and supporting implementation of new tools.
What You’ll Bring
* MCIPS Level 4 (or working towards it) with around 3+ years’ experience in a similar role (preferred).
* Strong stakeholder and supplier relationship management skills.
* Organised, adaptable and able to manage multiple priorities.
* Good communication and negotiation skills.
* Delivery-focused, pragmatic, and collaborative in approach.
* Understanding of category management practices, ideally with exposure to energy or technology sectors.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation, making a tangible impact in procurement while contributing to wider sustainability goals.
If you are an ambitious Indirect or IT/ Technology Procurement Category Buyer or even Procurement Graduate looking to gain fantastic exposure across the indirect spend whilst having the opportunity to take ownership of some key relationships, please get in touch ASAP.