Assistant Buyer
Location: Stowmarket (Office based, hybrid following probation)
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: Up to £40k+ Flexible Benefits

Freedom has an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Buyer to join our Central Support procurement team. Reporting to the Head of Procurement, this role will support the effective delivery of procurement activities across the business, ensuring best value is achieved for both the business and our end customers.
This role is ideal for someone looking to build a career in procurement within a structured, collaborative and fast‑paced environment.

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:

• Support health and safety compliance, ensuring safe working practices are followed at all times.
• Assist with supply chain management, supporting contract management of key suppliers and resolving issues as they arise.
• Support supplier onboarding, ensuring internal systems are kept up to date.
• Support resolution of supplier invoice queries, working with Finance and Operations teams.
• Support work‑winning activity by obtaining prices from suppliers and subcontractors for tenders and pricing exercises.
• Collate, track and analyse supplier pricing, recommending preferred suppliers where appropriate.
• Undertake regular supplier pricing reviews against market rates and maintain accurate records.
• Support supplier performance reviews, meeting organisation and action tracking.
• Manage pricing requests and ensure returns are tracked, recorded and filed to maintain a clear audit trail.
• Track pricing changes and support cost comparison reporting.
• Support delivery of savings and rebate targets.
• Maintain accurate procurement records and provide regular progress updates.

What We’re Looking For:

• Experience working within policies and procedures to deliver defined tasks.
• Experience working as part of a team to achieve shared objectives.
• Ability to work on own initiative and solve problems proactively.
• Strong organisational, communication and relationship‑building skills.
• Good IT proficiency with the ability to manage data accurately across systems.
• A positive, collaborative approach aligned to Freedom’s values and behaviours.

Benefits:

We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:

• Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• 25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible benefits including Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes
• Personal development programme

Next Steps: 

 

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.  

 

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met. 

About Us:

 

Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

 

Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.

 

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