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Experienced Construction Buyer

Employer
Confidential
Location
Basildon
Salary
25000.00 - 39000.00 GBP Annual
Closing date
17 May 2022

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Specialist Area
Buyer
Sector
Banking, Finance and Insurance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Experienced Construction Buyer

Up to GBP39,000 (depending on experience)

Are you an experienced Construction Buyer and looking for a new full time permanent position?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity with our client who are a successful manufacturing company based in Basildon.

Thanks to a continuing demand in business, our client is recruiting for an experienced Construction Buyer to build and maintaining strong relationships with full supply chain & external main contractor teams, liaising closely with project directors, project managers, and delivery teams. Ensuring requested materials are negotiated and procured on time and on budget.

To ensure commitment to complete every project on time and on budget, maintaining the preferred status with client base, this role will be responsible for ensuring that the vast variety of materials required for each project they work on, are carried through with maximum effectiveness, on budget and on programme.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsible for the purchasing of all projects related materials

To ensure a high level of detail is provided on purchase orders raised after quotation and agreement of cost, quality, time frame and mitigating factors against established policies and procedures

To purchase materials through our preferred supplier list in accordance with established purchasing policies and procedures as and when required

Working with project team, to ensure delivery dates for purchase orders are tied in with programmed project dates

The additional responsibility of negotiation in situations wherever possible, to obtain cost efficient and operational purchases

Use construction experience to establish negotiation & relationships sufficient to obtain financial and operational benefits to the business

Assistance in the roll out of the new purchase order software

Liaising directly with stores team to pick materials by project as and when required

Ideal candidate:

Must have previous experience in Construction Buying

Previous experience desirable of using ERP systems for raising orders/supplier admin

Confident user of MS Office suite particularly Excel

Strong and effective communicator

Highly organised with strong relationship building skills

Comfortable working in a demanding and fast paced environment

Salary:

The salary awarded for this opportunity is up to GBP39,000 plus benefits

25 days holiday, plus bank holidays

08:00 - 17:30, Monday to Friday

If you feel this is the position for you and have the required experience, please do not hesitate to get into contact with us at One to One Personnel on (phone number removed) or forward your CV to (url removed)

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