Buyer

Role: Buyer – Projects

Business Unit: Critical Environments

Contract: Full-time

At Mitie, our purpose is to deliver exceptional environments every day. Through our expertise, care, technology, and insight, we help our customers be exceptional — and we create a place for our people to thrive and be their best every day.

We're looking for a Buyer – Engineering Projects to support procurement activity within our Critical Environments business. Reporting into the Business Unit Business Partner, this role plays a key part in delivering effective category strategies, supplier performance, and commercial value, while acting as a trusted partner to stakeholders across the business.

Role Responsibilities

• Support and lead strategic sourcing, negotiation, and contracting activities, ensuring optimal cost, quality, and service outcomes.
• Contribute to the development and execution of category strategies aligned to business needs and risk mitigation.
• Identify and deliver cost reduction opportunities while maintaining service performance and supply continuity.
• Implement and maintain supplier management programmes across strategic and preferred suppliers.
• Measure, review, and improve supplier performance, resolving issues and driving continuous improvement as well as build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, acting as a trusted commercial and procurement partner.
• Work cross-functionally with finance, audit, shared services, and operational teams to support business objectives and Support delivery of annual procurement targets across cost, quality, reliability, and service performance.

Required Qualifications

• 2–4 years' experience in a procurement or buying role, with evidence of continuous development, preferably within an engineering sector.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience in sourcing, negotiation, and supplier management.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and influencing skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability in a fast-paced environment.

What's in it for you?

• Opportunity to work within a high-impact, critical environments business.
• Exposure to strategic procurement and senior stakeholders across Mitie.
• A collaborative, inclusive culture where diversity is valued and people thrive.
• Ongoing development and support within a values-driven organisation.

There's a place for you at Mitie — join us today!