Construction Buyer
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £30000 – £40000/annum Package
Henry Martin Recruitment are working on behalf of an award-winning residential contractor, who are seeking a Materials Buyer to join their busy procurement team based in Essex.
Our client, are dominating the residential market, operating across regional offices covering London and the South East of England. Due to the growth within the business, and new developments, our client is now seeking a confident Buyer, to support the delivery teams onsite, to ensure all projects are delivered on-time and as cost effectively as possible.
Reporting directly into the procurement manager, the ideal candidate will need to work well under pressure and in collaboration with various departments, to ensure a smooth process throughout.
Duties will be to:
* Order materials required for projects in accordance with established prices ensuring requirements for quality and lead times are met
* Undertake pricing negotiation with suppliers in accordance with buying procedures and supply chain/group deals.
* Have an up to date understanding of market conditions and feed this back to the buying & commercial team and relevant parts of the business
* Develop close working relationships with the wider commercial team to make sure budget information in terms of quantity and price are accurate
* Manage, organise and update relevant information using relevant database – Coins and/ or excel spreadsheet ensuring correct rates are used and information is accurate
* Monitor open orders and chase to completion/ rescheduling if necessary. Liaise with production staff and other internal departments on any discrepancies between purchase date and required date or price discrepancies
* Be extremely responsive to acting on requests/ chasing information to complete an order
* Assist the Procurement team at Head Office with query resolution
* Placing (breakdown) plot lined orders, utilising the correct cost codes.
* Taking off from drawings and ordering the following – Bricks, Blocks, 1st & 2nd fix timbers & prelim items.
* Ordering all prelim items – Welfare, site accommodations, skips, forklifts, generators, diesel, etc.
* Following Group deal supply chain routes.
* Be familiar with project requirements by reviewing minutes and liaising with the site management team and Quantity Surveyor & Procurement Manager
* Buyers with additional duties/ specialist areas such as aggregates/ block and beam are expected to have additional knowledge and expertise in that area and ensure all related admin/ filing/ communication has been completed
* To clear and amend any relating invoices relating to orders raised.
* Communicate and provide information by relevant methods internally and externally to assist and enable organisational operations and effective service between offices/ clients/ sites/ suppliers.
To discuss further, please apply or get in contact directly via LinkedIn
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