Group Buyer
| Posting date: | 28 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | £35,000.0 to £38,000.0 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2026 |
| Location: | Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 8JG |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4791306_1777388682 |
Summary
Your new company
A role has become available for a Buyer due to business expansion for a business. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the Supply Chain function through data-driven analysis, supplier management, and commercial decision-making. The role requires a highly analytical individual who is confident working with data and capable of professionally challenging suppliers to drive cost efficiency and performance improvements.
Your new role
As a Buyer your role will involve:
- Analyse supply chain and commercial data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Use data and insights to support and influence operational and strategic decision-making.
- Manage, interpret, and maintain high-quality data to support reporting and forecasting.
- Work closely with suppliers, confidently challenging performance, pricing, and service levels where required.
- Support cost-control initiatives and identify opportunities for savings and efficiency improvements.
- Produce clear, accurate reports to support supply chain and wider business objectives.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure supply chain decisions are commercially sound.
What you'll need to succeed
- Highly analytical with strong attention to detail.
- Strong data management and data analysis capability.
- Proven ability to use data to inform and drive decisions.
- Confident communicator, comfortable challenging suppliers in a professional manner.
- Commercially focused and cost-conscious mindset.
- Previous experience within a supply chain, procurement, or commercial environment.
- Strong Excel or data analysis tool capability.
- Experience working with suppliers and negotiating or influencing outcomes.
What you'll get in return
- Logical and structured thinker
- Comfortable working with numbers and complex data sets.
- Confident, professional, and able to challenge constructively.
- Proactive and motivated, with a focus on continuous improvement.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
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