engineering buyer jobs in Derbyshire

Senior Buyer– Indirect Procurement 📍 Derby | 🛡️ Defence & Engineering Organisation | 🌍 Strategic Procurement Role A world-class engineering organisation is seeking a strategic and commercially driven Senior Buyer to lead indirect procurement across its UK and global operations. This key strategic role has been created to strengthen the company’s indirect supply chain performance — delivering...

You will work closely with project managers, engineers, and suppliers to develop strong relationships, negotiate contracts, and manage supply chain risks. Key responsibilities include: Managing end-to-end procurement for assigned projects, including sourcing, tendering, evaluation, and contract award.

You will have a have detailed understanding of purchasing tools and processes, as well as a proven track record of understanding of the supplier process or managing a supplier base.

You will have worked closely with other internal Engineering functions and have built strong relationships.

You will work closely with site leadership, engineering, operations and finance teams, supporting plant performance and driving value through the supply base.

You will own supplier relationships, lead sourcing activity, manage contracts and contribute to cost reduction and continuous improvement programmes.

You will support Buyers and Junior Buyers and assist with the management of the sourcing process. We are looking for someone willing to take a leap into their next career path. This is a high growth opportunity and dynamic position that will suit a vibrant, ambitious individual.

Buyer Location: East Midlands - hybrid working (3 days on site, occasional site visits) Contract: 6 Months (possible extension) Day Rate: £400 per day(Inside IR35)We are supporting a large, complex organisation operating in a regulated infrastructure environment to recruit a Buyer on an initial 6‑month contract.This role sits within a close‑knit procurement team and is very delivery‑focused. It's...

You will be responsible for the in-contract management of your designated suppliers, providing continuity of supply and required levels of technology, quality, cost and delivery performance.

You will support the embedding and the sustainment of a high performance culture within your teams(s).

You will also be lead for maintaining supplier relationships and performance within your category areas, managing risk and supporting with operational escalations in order to support the business. What does this role involve day to day? • You’ll develop Category Strategies for each area of responsibility, working with the wider business to ensure strategies are implemented in a timely manner

Junior Buyer Location: Leicestershire Salary: £30,000 – £35,000 Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent About the Company Our client is a leading designer and manufacturer of high-precision equipment used across aerospace, optics, R&D and wider industrial sectors. With a strong global footprint, including international sales and service centres, this is an exciting opportunity to join a...

You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Buyer | Manufacturing | Tipton Procurement | Sage 200 | Import / Export | Construction Products We’re looking for a Buyer to join a growing manufacturing business based in Tipton. This role reports into the Operations Manager and is open to people from all backgrounds who have experience in manufacturing procurement and international sourcing. We welcome applications from candidates who may...

Job Title: Civil Subcontractor Buyer Due to increased project activity across our civil engineering portfolio, we are expanding our Regional Procurement team to ensure robust governance, commercial efficiency, and strategic alignment. We are recruiting a Civils Subcontractor Buyer, based at our Derby Office, with hybrid working available. The Civils Subcontractor Buyer will be responsible for...

Responsibilities - Implement Procurement categories strategies - Implement agreed category strategies for the procurement on key categorie in line with the overall procurement strategy - Be the Procurement subject matter experts on their assigned categories, and the benefits they can deliver to the customer and end user - Manage the end-to-end procurement process for categories, from RFP through...

About Sirion Sirion is the world’s leading AI–native Contract Lifecyle Management (CLM) platform, transforming the end-to-end contracting journey for enterprises. With Agentic AI at the core, the platform’s extraction, conversational search, and AI-enhanced negotiation capabilities have revolutionized contracting across Fortune 500 companies like IBM, Coca Cola, Citi and GE. With more than 800...

Head of Sales — B2B Procurement SaaS (Fully Remote, UK / Europe) Competitive salary + Uncapped commission + Equity About DeepStream We’re a fast-growing, post–Series A procurement SaaS company on a mission to make our customers the benchmark for eSourcing value realisation within the industry. Our AI-enhanced, best-of-breed eSourcing platform streamlines, automates, and standardises key...

You will have a have detailed understanding of purchasing tools and processes, as well as a proven track record of understanding of the supplier process or managing a supplier base.

You will have worked closely with other internal Engineering functions and have built strong relationships.

Senior Buyer– Indirect Procurement 📍 Derby | 🛡️ Defence & Engineering Organisation | 🌍 Strategic Procurement Role A world-class engineering organisation is seeking a strategic and commercially driven Senior Buyer to lead indirect procurement across its UK and global operations. This key strategic role has been created to strengthen the company’s indirect supply chain performance — delivering...

Buyer Location: East Midlands - hybrid working (3 days on site, occasional site visits) Contract: 6 Months (possible extension) Day Rate: £400 per day(Inside IR35)We are supporting a large, complex organisation operating in a regulated infrastructure environment to recruit a Buyer on an initial 6‑month contract.This role sits within a close‑knit procurement team and is very delivery‑focused. It's...

You will work closely with site leadership, engineering, operations and finance teams, supporting plant performance and driving value through the supply base.

You will own supplier relationships, lead sourcing activity, manage contracts and contribute to cost reduction and continuous improvement programmes.

Interim Senior Buyer - Manufacturing£350 PER DAYWe are seeking an experienced Interim Senior Buyers to support a complex manufacturing operation within a global supply chain. This role manages a critical portfolio of parts and services and focuses on cost control, supplier performance, and continuity of supply. The assignment offers a day rate of £350.Key ResponsibilitiesManage sourcing,...