Buyer

7 months ago


Plymouth, United Kingdom Persimmon Homes Full time

From the commitment we pour into our homes, to the belief we bring to supporting amazing careers, a role at Persimmon is a springboard for Building Your New Possible. Discover new opportunities to grow, learn new skills and release your potential.

We’re Persimmon Homes, a FTSE 250 listed company and a leading UK house builder serving local communities across the UK and delivering around 15,000 homes a year. We have 30 operating businesses in England, Wales and Scotland, three house-building brands and three off-site manufacturing facilities.

**We’re looking for people like you, and this could be your opportunity to start Building Your New Possible.**

**What is the role?**

We are looking to recruit an experienced Buyer to join our Buying Team. The Buyer will report to the manager of the Commercial team and will be responsible for the sourcing and ordering of various materials, achieving best possible value, and ensuring group deals are adhered to.

**The role will include**:

- Material scheduling for multiple live and upcoming developments at any one time
- Calculating bulk quantities of bricks, blocks and tiles required for each site and scheduling them with the manufacturer in a timely manner
- Maintaining and monitoring regional bulk material levels to ensure there are no shortfalls or over ordering
- Submitting material cost budgets to department surveyors and advising where large losses or stolen product has occurred
- Finally you will need to work very closely alongside Site and Contract Managers to ensure requisitions are processed efficiently and site issues are overcome swiftly
- Produce reports for inclusion in business reporting

**What we need from you?**
- A confident and numerate professional who has previous Buyer experience within a construction company and can provide take offs from drawings
- Be self-motivated, asks questions, wants to learn and has a good work ethic
- Must be adaptable, have a strong and consistent management style with the site teams and supply chain
- Must be proficient in Excel
- Confident negotiation skills
- Previous COINS experience is a distinct advantage
- Full Driving licence is essential

**What’s in it for you?**

The Salary & Benefits package
- Salary competitive (DOE)
- Contributory pension
- Life cover
- Healthcare
- Bonus

When you join us, the future is yours to explore. You can realise your full potential through industry-leading training and clearly signposted career paths. Persimmon is where hard graft and team spirit means real variety, satisfaction and rewards. A place where you can be at your best, and even go beyond what you thought you were capable of.

**Persimmon are Proud Sponsors of Team GB**

**No Agencies please** - Persimmon will not accept speculative CVs as a means of introduction
- Persimmon is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination._
- Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best._


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