Junior Buyer
Job description
Are you a commercially minded professional with a background in sales, account management, or customer-facing roles who’s looking to move into procurement? This is an opportunity to pivot your negotiation, relationship-building, and pricing skills into a Junior Buyer role within a fast-growing, sustainability-driven solar EPC business. Working closely with the Head of UK Procurement, you’ll play a key role in supplier engagement, cost control, and supporting project delivery across major UK solar projects.
Your Role
Source and evaluate suppliers for materials, components, services, and site consumables.
Request and compare quotations to support negotiation and purchasing decisions.
Raise purchase orders with accurate pricing, terms, and specifications.
Monitor order status and delivery schedules, following up to avoid site delays.
Maintain up-to-date procurement data and reporting in AP+, eGecko, and PowerBI.
Support commercial and project teams with material forecasting.
Help resolve delivery issues, quality concerns, and invoice discrepancies.
Keep supplier records and compliance documentation current.
Assist the Head of Procurement and Finance Director with pricing standardisation and cost-saving initiatives.
Ensure all procurement activities meet company processes and sustainability requirements.
About You
You come from a sales or commercial background and enjoy negotiating, managing relationships, and working with numbers. You’re detail-focused, proactive, and ready to build a career in procurement.