bet365
Operational Buyer
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Job Title
We’re one of the world’s leading online gambling companies, revolutionising the industry since 2000. Founded by Denise Coates CBE, we now employ over 10,000 people and serve over 120 million customers in 26 languages.
We empower our employees to push boundaries and explore new ideas, cultivating a culture that celebrates and rewards creativity. This offers employees a wealth of growth opportunities, giving them the opportunity to make a real impact in the world of online gambling. As a forward-thinking company, we’re breaking new ground in software innovation too, redefining what’s possible for our global worldwide.
Our focus on In-Play betting has solidified our market-leading position, featuring more than 1.38 million In-Play sporting events a year. With over 750 concurrent sporting fixtures at peak and more live sports streamed than anyone else in Europe (750,000), we handle over 6 million HTTP requests daily and process more than 1.5 million bets per hour at peak.
Job Description
As an Operation Buyer, you will be responsible for supporting the Procurement team with all operational aspects of the purchasing lifecycle and related supplier activity.
You will be involved in all aspects of the purchasing lifecycle, predominantly taking responsibility for progressing purchase requests, requesting and converting quotes into purchase orders and supporting the delivery of a timely and compliant procurement service.
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You will understand business requirements, review purchase requests, coordinate deliveries and returns and work closely with Purchase Ledger to resolve any invoice discrepancies.
Acting as a central point of expertise for operational purchasing activity, you will be closely collaborating with all members of the Procurement department and support for business as usual (BAU) requirements.
Qualifications
- Experience of building effective working relationships across all levels of the business.
- Basic understanding of procurement principles with proven experience of working within a purchasing function, in a buying or procurement role.
- Experience of request for quotation activity, converting quotations in to purchase orders and managing supplier and internal customer queries.
- Knowledge of relevant procurement legislation and regulations.
- Understanding of PROACTIS purchase order system.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise tasks appropriately.
- Awareness of relevant procurement legislation and regulations.
- CIPS qualified at level 2 or equivalent workplace experience.
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Additional Information
- Reviewing all purchase order requests, prior to processing.
- Liaising with external suppliers and internal customers to schedule call-offs and resolve queries.
- Managing retrospective purchase orders against operational invoices.
- Creating, maintaining and updating spend reports for management review.
- Supporting procurement governance and compliance requirements across the Business.
- Participating in and support procurement transformation and continuous identification of process improvements.
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