Graduate Buyer
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Position Overview & Specifications
Excellent and exciting opportunity for a Graduate Buyer to join our client, an oil and gas service company, on a permanent staff basis in Cove, Aberdeen.
Reporting into the Lead Buyer, you’ll procure all project related requirements in an ethical manner and in accordance with requirements to assure all deliveries are made on time to the customer.
Main duties and responsibilities
- Expediting orders.
- Purchasing items consistent with price, desired quality and requirement date.
- Selecting suitable sources, requesting bids, evaluating quotation and making final supplier selection.
- Negotiating pricing, lead times and terms, conditions and recommending the best commercial options whilst ensuring budgets are met.
- Liaising with Projects personnel, highlighting any issues with achieving requested deliveries.
- Maintaining and establishing good working relationships with suppliers.
- Collating and preparing pre-tender documents to be issues to suppliers for specific tenders.
Applicants to this role require
- Previous experience within working in a purchasing department on all tendering and purchasing processes.
- Experience setting up suppliers.
- Strong communication skills alongside good Microsoft Word and Excel packages.
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Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: General
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Graduate Buyer roles across Thorpe Molloy McCulloch Recruitment's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to General.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £28,888 - £39,022 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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