Procurement Buyer

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week

Contractual base: Tewkesbury office (GL20 8ND), or your nearest office: Chipping Sodbury, Wolverhampton or Lichfield

Operational requirement: Occasional travel across our operating area as required

Closing date: Tuesday 27th October 2026

Help us make smarter commercial decisions that create better outcomes for customers

Every pound we spend has the potential to make a difference.

As a Category Buyer, you'll help ensure we secure the right goods and services at the right value, enabling our teams to deliver safe, efficient and high-quality services for customers. Working closely with Category Managers and stakeholders across the organisation, you'll support procurement projects, supplier management and commercial decision-making that directly contributes to organisational success.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious procurement professional who wants to build their commercial expertise and grow their procurement career within a large and purpose-led organisation.

What You'll Be Doing

You'll support strategic sourcing and contract management activities across a range of categories, helping deliver value for money while maintaining excellent governance and compliance standards.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Supporting procurement and sourcing projects from initiation through to completion
• Conducting market research and supplier analysis
• Analysing commercial, procurement and spend data
• Supporting supplier engagement and relationship management
• Assisting with contract management activities
• Ensuring procurement activity complies with policy and legislative requirements
• Building strong relationships with internal stakeholders
• Supporting continuous improvement across procurement processes
  
  

What You'll Bring

We're looking for someone with strong commercial awareness, a curious mindset and a desire to develop within procurement.

You'll Have

• Experience in a procurement, commercial or purchasing environment
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and identify insights
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities
• Strong communication and relationship-building abilities
• Good Microsoft Office skills
• An understanding of procurement principles and processes
• Experience working with digital systems such as ERP, CRM or MRP platforms
  
  

GCSEs and A Levels (or equivalent) are essential. CIPS membership or working towards CIPS would be advantageous.

What's in it for you?

This role offers the opportunity to deepen your commercial and procurement expertise while working on meaningful projects that deliver real value.

You'll Gain Experience In

• Strategic sourcing
• Supplier and contract management
• Procurement project delivery
• Commercial analysis
• Stakeholder engagement and influence
• Risk management and governance
  
  

As part of a supportive procurement team, you'll have the chance to grow your capability and progress your procurement career.

Why BFL?

At Bromford Flagship LiveWest, our purpose is to enable people to thrive. Everything we do is focused on creating homes and communities where people can flourish.

Guided by our values of Customer-driven, Ambitious and All-in, we're looking for people who want to make a positive difference and help us continually improve the services we provide.

Please submit your application through our website by Tuesday 27th October. Early applications are encouraged as we review throughout the campaign.

Important Information For Internal Colleagues

If you are successful, you will move onto Bromford 2019 terms and conditions (T&Cs). For more information and FAQs about our T&Cs, visit Hub. This will not apply if you are moving into a role as a secondment, in this case, your substantive T&Cs will remain in place for the duration of your secondment, with any exceptions (including job title, salary, work location etc) confirmed to you at the point of offer.

The Company

The Company has experienced unprecedented growth over the past few years. We have a vast number of employees, and provide support to clients from all over the country. Recently, the company has won multiple workplace environment awards and has an outstanding record of employee satisfaction.

What We Offer

Flexible and hybrid working; many roles support working across our main locations and home

Performance related pay based on shared success

A choice of pension schemes with employer contributions of up to 10%

Employee Assistance Programme that provides 24/7 virtual GP access, prescription service, and talking therapies for you and your family

Generous holiday, occupational sick pay and paid family leave

Annual allowance of £500 to spend on benefits of your choosing, including healthcare plans, dental care, gym membership and much more

Attractive career development opportunities

The Values