Project Buyer – Indirects

Full Description

The Procurement Hive are proud to work with our non-profit partner, who are looking for a new Project Buyer to join their team, initially on a Fixed Term Contract to the end of 2026. You’ll join a friendly Procurement team at a world-renowned location, with stunning surroundings, exceptional facilities and a shared mission to improve global health – It’s an inspiring place to do your best work.

As a Project Buyer, you’ll support Procurement Partners and Category Buyers by running lower-value sourcing projects and RFx processes, ensuring procurement activity aligns with the wider research and operational goals.

About the Role:

This is an agile, delivery-focused procurement position. You’ll be responsible for managing a varied portfolio of procurement projects, contributing to category planning, and building effective relationships with stakeholders across the business. Your work will support scientific and operational teams by helping them make informed commercial decisions while ensuring value, compliance, and efficiency.

You will be responsible for:

• Managing end-to-end Procurement workstreams for allocated projects, including running RFx processes.
• Providing commercial insight and market analysis to support stakeholder decision-making.
• Ensuring procurement activity delivers measurable value and mitigates risk.
• Collaborating with Legal, Finance and other internal functions to ensure smooth project delivery.
• Contributing to process improvement initiatives and constructively challenging the status quo.
• Supporting the development and implementation of category strategies through stakeholder feedback and insights.
• Negotiating with suppliers to achieve best-value outcomes for the Institute.

About You:

You’ll be proactive, commercially minded, and confident working independently on projects while also collaborating across teams. You’ll bring strong organisational skills, the ability to manage multiple priorities, and a natural aptitude for building trusted relationships. You’ll be comfortable navigating ambiguity, influencing decision-making, and offering challenge where needed to drive continuous improvement.

Technical Skills:

• Strong advocate for Procurement value proposition.
• Good understanding of key contractual terms.

Competencies and Behaviours:

• Strong and collaborative working relationships with relevant stakeholders and project team members.
• Self-starter, able to work autonomously, but with full support of department colleagues where required.
• Proven negotiator with suppliers and customers alike.
• Solution and output orientated with a willingness to take on challenges.
• Proven ability to listen, understand business needs and provide win-win solutions in a proactive and principled manner.
• Flexible and pragmatic attitude.
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills.

The Procurement Hive is a procurement consultancy and procurement recruitment business.

Transform your talent – Our recruitment services span over four decades of combined experience, recruiting supply chain and procurement talent for a wide range of organisations across the globe.

The Procurement Hive celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.