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Buyer - Construction Design Materials £27,000 to £32,000 + Benefits Liverpool Role Profile Our Liverpool based client who is a leading supplier to the construction industry, providing building materials for architectural design, is looking to recruit a dynamic Buyer in to their business. Being part of a growing business you will be helping with the maintenance and improvement of a structured procurement process. Purchasing items for manufacturing groups ensuring timely receipt of materials, maintaining levels of quality, product availability and cost effectiveness. Responsibilities * Dealing with established suppliers to ensure timely receipt of materials, checking product availability and cost efficiency to enable ongoing and impending projects. * Negotiate with existing and potential suppliers to ensure best availability and material cost. * Develop external business relationships * Contribute to the continuous improvement of systems, tools and processes * Ensure planning models, forecasts, ordering parameters and stock projections are sufficiently accurate * Ensure supply with maximum efficiency and minimum cost * Plan for known peak & special trading periods Skills & Experience * You will be an experienced buyer (3 years minimum experience), ideally from a construction, design or engineering background. * You will have excellent communication, analytical and organisational skills. * Be of graduate calibre or have similar work based training with or willing to work towards CIPS. * You will have excellent IT skills using a number of MS office packages, particular Excel, as well as SAGE. * Proven negotiating experience is essential. Client information Our Liverpool based client is a leading supplier to the construction industry, providing building materials for architectural design. Remuneration Circa £27,000 - £32,000 + benefits About Cast UK Cast UK is a leading executive consultancy, providing national recruitment solutions to both clients and candidates. Specialising in HR, Procurement, Buying, Supply Chain, and Logistics, each member of our specialist team has a professional background specific to their recruiting sector. With this unique insight and knowledge, our consultants are able to place individuals from trainee through to main board. For more information on Cast UK and a complete list of all of our current vacancies, please visit www.castuk.com

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