Assistant Buyer

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom BSPS Ltd Full time

**Assistant Buyer - Job Description**

**Job Title**: Assistant Buyer

**Salary**:£26,000 per annum plus pension, expenses and a number of benefits including Birthday's off, one volunteer day a year and department quarterly budgets for entertaining

**Location**: London

**Reporting to**: Buyer

**THE ROLE**

As assistant buyer, you will play an integral role in the daily operations of our business, ensuring that critical material orders get to sites on time all over London and further afield. You will need to be confident, with good phone manner and a desire to negotiate excellent deals on behalf of the business, so good negotiation skills are a must. You do not need specific experience in the industry, but you do need to be ready and willing to get stuck in and complete varied, time sensitive tasks quickly and effectively.

You will be put into BSPS’s training programme under the direction of our Buyer, who will give you full training in the skills required for successful construction procurement and purchasing. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to join the construction industry

**Your daily tasks will include**:

- Assisting the buyer in placing orders from suppliers for all projects
- Working with the accounts team to streamline the procurement & delivery process
- Negotiating prices with suppliers and reviewing regularly
- Sourcing new suppliers in line with our supply chain procedures
- Producing purchase orders and posting delivery notes using Eque2 (accounts) software
- Filing, organising and matching invoices with delivery notes
- Scheduling labour resources and logistics
- Assisting the accounts department with month end purchase invoicing
- Ad-hoc tasks

**THE COMPANY**

BSPS is an established main contractor based in London specialising in refurbishment, decoration & restoration and fit-out projects. We do not carry out new build projects.

We successfully complete projects in London and the Home Counties and have a proven track record of delivering building projects of all sizes to clients spanning a range of industries, within both the private and public sectors.

The company is family run, profitable, financially strong with no loans or third party investment. Its current turnover is £12.5m and is growing larger year on year. Contracts are nearly always won through competitive tender. Profitability and cash flow are both good.

The office is a short walk from Wandsworth Town or Putney East train station.

BSPS is an equal opportunities employer.

**Jobholder Requirements**:

- Excellent organisation and administration skills
- Competent with IT and familiar with Microsoft Office
- Excellent communication skills and phone manner
- Excellent numeracy and literacy skills
- A desire to negotiate and pursue great deals
- Ability to work unaided and make decisions on the spot

**Salary**: £26,000.00-£28,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee mentoring programme
- Wellness programme

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Supplemental pay types:

- Performance bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

- London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: One location


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