Buyer (12 Month Contract) Hybrid optional Location: Inverness (with UK travel) Rate: to£23/hr (c.£45,000 pro rata) Hours: Monday-Friday 40 hours per week Grafton Recruitment are working on behalf of a large manufacturing organisation to recruit an experienced procurement professional to manage the procurement process for their Inverness manufacturing and assembly site. This is a 12 month temporary role with a requirement to travel to other sites and suppliers. Responsibilities: Manage buying of materials for the site. Sourcing product and managing supplier relationships. Placing purchase orders and expediting materials. Ensuring on time and in quality for materials. Liaising with local site colleagues around production plans. Working as part of broader UK, and international procurement team to ensure procurement strategy is followed.Requirements: Experience in procurement, ideally with materials for manufacture. Strong communication, interpersonal and influencing skills. Excellent commercial skills and analytical approach. If you would like to find out more please apply, or contact Adrian Harrison (Principal Consultant - Procurement Recruitment) Should you require any support or assistance, please contact your local Grafton office. Grafton is part of Gi Group Holdings Recruitment Limited and we are proud founding members of Menopause in business, pledge members for Nuerodiversity in business, Disability committed members, Silver status pledge members for the Armed Forces Covenant, and Bronze trail blazers for Racial Equality matters. Gi Group Holdings Recruitment Limited group of companies includes Gi Recruitment Limited, Draefern Limited, Gi Group Recruitment Ltd, INTOO (UK) Limited, Marks Sattin (UK) Limited, TACK TMI UK Limited, Grafton Professional Staffing Limited, Encore Personnel Services, Gi Group Ireland Limited and Kelly Services (UK) Ltd. Gi Group Ireland Limited are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this role. We are committed to protecting the privacy of all of our candidates and clients. If you choose to apply, your information will be processed in accordance with the Gi Group Privacy Statement. To view a copy and to help you understand how we collect, use and process your personal data, please visit the Privacy page on the Grafton website.