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Internal Procurement Buyer

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United Kingdom , Marlow

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Purchasing

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Job Description:

You will be joining Softcat's Internal Procurement team, based at our Marlow Head Office. The team supports the business by sourcing goods and services across a wide range of internal spend areas, ensuring best value, strong governance, and effective supplier performance, while helping reduce commercial and contractual risk. Internal Procurement is a growing function, focused on improving control, visibility and value across internal spend, while working collaboratively with stakeholders across the organisation.

Job Responsibility:

  • Manage RFQs/RFPs, support supplier selection, negotiations and contract renewals
  • Partner with internal teams to understand requirements and provide procurement guidance
  • Act as first point of contact for procurement-related queries and supplier engagement
  • Ensure procurement activity complies with policies, controls and governance requirements
  • Support contract management, risk identification and audit-ready documentation
  • Identify cost savings, efficiency improvements and support procurement initiatives
  • Contribute to reporting on spend, savings and supplier performance data.

Requirements:

  • Experience in an internal procurement or buying role
  • Confident negotiator across cost, pricing, contractual terms and commercial risk
  • Strong commercial awareness with the ability to compare and evaluate supplier proposals
  • Confident stakeholder engagement and communication skills
  • Good working knowledge of procurement processes and purchase-to-pay systems
  • High attention to detail and strong organisational skills
  • Comfortable working with data, presenting data, spreadsheets and basic reporting.
What we offer:
  • Pension
  • Share incentive plan
  • Life Assurance
  • Healthcare
  • Holiday
  • Trips
  • Vouchers
  • Partner/family Benefits
  • Perklife
  • Maternity, Paternity and Adoption support

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
May 14, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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