Assistant Buyer jobs in United Kingdom

Application Deadline: 31 January 2026

Department: Infrastructure

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: G&T London

Summary:

The role of a Procurement and Supply Chain Analyst is to provide commercial support to an infrastructure project. Your responsibility as a Procurement and Supply Chain Analyst is to support the Procurement Lead or Manager in sourcing the client the best value solution to a requirement through the sustainable allocation of risk between a client organisation and its supply chain, to support the client in explore the market opportunities and to implement strategies and resultant processes that deliver the best possible procurement outcome to the clients organisation, its stakeholders and its customers.

Supplier Market Management (SMM) will also be integral to this role. SMM is a function that supports the entire project lifecycle. This is important from the initial project strategy development; to engaging and understanding the market’s appetite for future opportunities and continues throughout the procurement by understanding how Tier 1 contractors will support and engage the extended supply chain. This is critical in project delivery, to ensure market risks and potential constraints are analysed, captured and communicated to all stakeholders with the aim of supporting and preventing risks from materialising which can impact the overarching projects delivery against time, quality and cost.

Role Overview:

As a Procurement and Supply Chain Analyst, you will spend 2-2.5 years working towards Chartered membership of a professional body while also gaining valuable work experience. You will be working towards becoming a professional with expert knowledge of procurement and supplier market management (SMM).

The role will be varied as the Procurement and Supply Chain team are engaged across numerous programmes and sectors, the actual experience gained will be dependent on the team and sector you are working in. You will join the G&T Chartership Programme: Graduate pathway to ensure you can relate the theoretical aspects of your studies to actual work experience.

Working within a team, you will be assisting your Line Manager with various aspects of daily project work. This role will be expected to work with a certain level of autonomy while also knowing when to discuss and ask questions to ensure the best outcome.

You will be building a solid knowledge base of your role, the firm and the industry, and how they all fit together.

Working with your Line Manager, the role will typically include the following:

• Assist the management of procurements through the procurement life-cycle stages from identifying the business need to contract award drawing on internal and external resources as required.
• Assist the management of large data sets to deliver outputs identifying critical data trends.
• Support Supply Chain engagement by actively participating in stakeholder engagement across market and sector stakeholders within the supply chain to achieve client objectives.
• Develop the skills to build custom reporting and risk management systems through Power BI to facilitate supply chain risk management for clients. This includes supporting the development of tools and processes that provide clients with actionable insights into their supply chain risks and opportunities.
• Analyse quantitative and qualitative data to understand statistical trends and supply market risks for the purposes of detailed report writing, as well as assisting managers in producing findings reports, managing the data analysis to support informed decision making at senior management level.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their business objectives providing insights and recommendations from a data perspective.
• Manage the e-procurement solution for specific categories/projects ensuring all projects are advertised sufficiently, information is correct and meets any transparency requirements and procurement legislation.
• Participate in team meetings for procurement, provide specialist guidance and enable the implementation of policy, projects and change initiatives, as well as providing monthly reports to the Procurement Manager which evidence successful delivery of projects.
• Assist in the development of Commercial Strategies, Procurement Strategies and Package Procurement Plans.
• Assist the compilation of Prequalification and Tendering documentation, such as Instructions to Tender and developing with functional specialists PQQ and ITT documents including scoring protocols.
• Assist the management of Prequalification and Tender evaluation processes.
• Assist in the management of governance process to facilitate clients making timely decisions regarding procurement strategy, shortlisting suppliers, and contract awards.
• Assist in providing advice on any applicable procurement legislation and developments, applicable policies and procurement routes; to ensure that all client activities comply with existing and future legal frameworks.
• Promote importance of procurement across business units and best practice through continuous improvement so that procurement processes are effective in delivering the clients objectives.

• 2.1 or above in your degree
• Excellent working knowledge of current IT systems
• Understand the importance of client care & building relationships
• Excellent communication skills
• Trustworthy and reliable
• Ability to prioritise work efficiently
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
• Proactive and flexible approach to different situations
• Dedication and commitment
• Desire to learn
• Genuine interest in social and economic infrastructure

Please note the following when applying for this role:

We are unable to support/sponsor individuals who require a work permit to work in the UK for our early talent roles.

We recruit on a rolling basis and reserve the right to close applications for this role if all positions have been filled ahead of the date advertised.

Due to the large number of duplicate applications received for early talent roles at G&T, we are only able to screen one application per candidate each academic year. If more than one application is submitted by the same person we will only be able to respond to the first one received.