Junior Buyer

**Hours: Mon -Fri, 8am to 5pm**

**Salary: Negotiable dependent on experience**

**Location: Welwyn Garden City**

**The Company**

An international leading access provider, with operations in UK, Ireland and UAE. Brogan Group focus on career development and promotion - people are the core of everything we do. If you are looking for a career not just a job, you are in the right place

**Benefits**
- Modern office with pool table, Gym, TV, collaboration pods, free coffee machine and parking
- Amazing opportunities for career progression
- Recognition rewards
- Team bonding days
- Training: In-house seminars and workshops
- Social and Collaborative environment
- Client entertainment and charity events
- Flat management system and autonomous environment
- Positive company culture
- Diversity
- Team orientated company who hire culture fit first rather than the skills only

Due to our continuous expansion we are currently recruiting Junior Buyer to work at our Headoffice based in Welwyn Garden City.

**Main duties include**:

- Assist with setting up and monitoring all documentation for buying
- Assist all procurement functions including procuring materials, conducting bids, supplier negotiation and processing orders.
- Identifying potential new suppliers
- Assist monitoring supply chain and upgrading suppliers to preferred status when necessary
- Assist ensure savings, rebates and compliance are achieved in line with project strategy
- Negotiating prices and terms with suppliers
- Liaising with relevant departments for stock levels and supplies
- Obtaining quotations from existing approved suppliers
- Research and develop new product sourcing options as necessary
- Check shipments when they arrive to ensure that orders have been filled correctly and that goods meet specifications
- Communicate regularly with management keeping them abreast with products, prices, deliveries
- Communicating any issues with materials
- Ensuring parts and materials are meeting deadlines and quality standards
- General administration duties related to orders, deliveries and payment of supplies

**Requirements**:

- Buying / Procurement experience within the construction industry desired but not essential
- Understanding of building materials, their uses and how they are sold is desirable
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- IT skills - MS Office, Excel, Outlook, Word etc
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritize your workload
- Confident, Self-motivated & Enthusiastic
- Flexible & adaptable. Ability to work both alone and as part of a team

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Work Location: One location