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Senior Buyer

Employer
Confidential
Location
Bedfordshire
Salary
60000.00 - 70000.00 GBP Annual + GBP8500 Car Allowance + 10% Bonus
Closing date
13 Jul 2022

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Specialist Area
Buyer
Sector
Retail
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Senior Buyer Job in Bedford

Senior Buyer Job in Bedfordshire for one of the UK's largest independently owned, regional housebuilders joining their busy commercial team in their Eastern region. The role offers a competitive basic of up to GBP70,000 + Car Allowance GBP8500 + 10% Bonus.

They are a housebuilder that has a solid reputation as a professional development partner in the regeneration of communities, providing energy-efficient, sustainable homes across The Midlands and The South-East. Reporting to the Commercial Director, you will be managing the procurement of all materials within the region, ensuring the best competitive rates, within budget and delivered to the build programme/s.

Role & Responsibilities

- Develop and maintain effective supply sources

- Prepare accurate quantities and materials schedules

- Issue out enquiries and analyse quotations

- Place orders for material and plant for the housing developments using COINS and Excel

- Maintain purchasing information system, including house type changes and price increases

- Work closely with the commercial team to prepare the working budget

- Review invoice queries and resolve/respond in a timely manner

- Liaise with Site Management to co-ordinate material deliveries to enable construction work to proceed to agreed programmes

- Monitor, report and address material losses/damage/stock on site to reduce excess expenditure

- Ensure compliance with Health & Safety requirements

- Attend site meetings to report on current procurement status

- Set up new sites on the buying system

- Negotiate prices for new and existing materials

- Resolve any design issues with working drawings by liaising with the Technical Department and

suppliers

- Manage accurate plant hire reports including the company's own plant

Required Skills & Experience

- Experienced buyer from a housebuilding background (residential new build main contractor background will also be considered)

- Experience using COINS is essential

- understanding of working drawings

- Proficient in Microsoft Office

- UK Driving Licence and own car

- Commutable distance from Bedford

What you get back

- Salary of GBP60,000 - GBP70,000 + 10% Bonus

- Additional Car Allowance GBP8500

- 26 days holiday + Bank Holidays

- Life Assurance

- Pension

Apply

If you meet the criteria above, send us your CV and portfolio. We receive a large number of applications so if you do not hear back within 7 days consider your application unsuccessful this time. We will keep a copy of your details on file for future vacancies.

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Referral

Did you know we run a referral scheme? We'll give you GBP300 worth of vouchers if you introduce us to anyone who we then successfully place in a new job role. Just send us their information and we'll do the rest.

Terms: A candidate is deemed to have been successfully placed once they have started a new job as a result of an introduction made by Hunter Dunning and when they've successfully completed the probation period.

Senior Buyer Job in Bedford - Your Property Recruitment Specialists (Recruiter: Kelly Armour Job Ref: 12634)

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