Operational Buyer

The Operational Buyer is responsible for the day to day purchase to pay operational activities within our material group, focusing on purchase requisitions and purchase orders, goods or service receipt processes
Your main responsibilities will be:

Autonomous procurement and administration within given field of responsibility (e. g. maintenance of prices, conditions and bill of materials, conducting purchase requisitions, evaluation of quotations, processing limit orders, delivery date tracking, invoice control, setting up virtual credit cards etc.)

Negotiate and administer contracts to ensure that goods and services are delivered consistent with contract and bid specifications.

Collaborate with internal stakeholders including, but not limited to, Engineering, Maintenance, and Operations to draft specifications, work scopes, and buying strategies

Maintain strong relationship with suppliers to drive continuous improvement in service levels and proactive management of interferences between internal requisitioners and external partners

Support team members during times of sickness and vacation

Who is Hilti?

Hilti is where innovation is improving productivity, safety and sustainability in the global construction industry, and beyond. Where strong customer relationships are creating solutions that build a better future. Where there is pride and a sense of belonging across our 120 locations, carrying right into our lives and homes. Where people are exploring possibilities, leveraging their potential, owning their personal development and growing lasting careers. Hilti is very proud to be ranked as the UK’s 12th best large organisation to work for in the Great Place to Work survey.

What does the role involve?

The purpose of the role is to support Business Unit Procurement Managers. Responsible for support tasks such as purchase order creation, system maintenance, etc.
Scope: Entry-level operational role in the Business Unit Procurement structure

We welcomed 1000 additional team members last year and have more than 30,000 employees worldwide.

What do we offer?

We really value our people and we’ve worked hard to develop a reward package that reflects this. Some of our benefits include:

Genuine career advancement (more than 80% of all leadership roles are filled internally)
Competitive salary and above-average performance bonus
6% employer pension contributions
Private Health Insurance and Employee Assistance Programme
33 days’ holiday (inc. Bank Holidays) plus the ability to purchase 5 days more annually
Paid leave to work on charitable projects
Hilti Benefits Box, a reward platform offering a cycle to work scheme and shopping and lifestyle discounts/cashback

Our Regional Head Office is based at Circle Square in Central Manchester, where we are located a short walk from Oxford Rd train station and St Peter’s Square tram stop. We offer a hybrid working pattern between the office and home and different ways to work flexibly so please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.

What you need is:

• Commercial education or Apprenticeship
• Excellent communication skills in English
• Business experience in operational procurement is of advantage
• Independent way of working, accuracy, self-initiative, sense of responsibility
• Ability to work in a team, self-confident manner, assertiveness
• System affinity with common software (MS Office, SAP MM, etc.)
• Experience in eProcurement and Travel Management systems as SAP Ariba Guided Buying and SAP Concur preferred.

Who should apply?

We have an excellent mix of people and some of our best account managers joined us with no experience. So, if you’ve never worked in sales or construction, that’s fine with us. Success at Hilti is down to teamwork and ability, no matter what your background.

Click through the ‘Apply Now’ button where you will be asked to upload your CV and answer a couple of short questions – the whole process should take around 90 seconds.

If you meet the requirements of the role you’ll be invited to complete a fun online assessment and a short pre-recorded video interview – please look out for this in your junk mail as it can end up there!

If you need any support with your application please contact [email protected].

If we don’t have a suitable role for you at the moment, we will keep you in our talent pool for the future so your recruitment process might take a bit longer but we’ll be sure to stay in touch.

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