Senior Materials Buyer

4 weeks ago


Leeds, United Kingdom Persimmon Homes Full time

Senior Materials Buyer - Leeds

Persimmon Homes West Yorkshire has a vacancy for a Senior Materials Buyer to join their successful and growing team. This role will be working across projects in West Yorkshire and the regional office is based in Leeds.

We will consider an existing Buyer with house building experience who wishes to take the step up, or potentially a Senior Buyer who is interested in progressing to Purchasing Manager.

Who are we?

Building around 15000 beautifully designed new homes a year in more than 300 prime locations nationwide; Persimmon is one of the UK’s leading house-builders, committed to the highest standards of design, construction and service. We believe our quality really differentiates us from the competition. In fact, our reputation is built on quality. We build quickly and efficiently and expect a lot from our office and site teams, however in turn we’ll reward you for your commitment and hard work and recognise your contribution to the business.

As a Senior Materials Buyer you will be responsible for running the department of 2 assistants, offering help and advice as well as overseeing the orders and that procedures are followed. You will also be responsible for the scheduling and forecasting of materials going forward via group.

You will report to the Commercial / Technical Director. It’s quite a flat hierarchy at Persimmon. They will support and develop you in the way Persimmon operate, empowering you to run with projects, but always on hand to discuss areas for improvement. They will give you clear objectives. You will need to learn to be adaptable and strong in your management style with a consistent approach with the site teams and supply chain.

If this sounds appealing to you we will require:
What’s in it for you?

A competitive salary and benefits package including a pension, life insurance, company car / car allowance, healthcare and a generous bonus. Above all an honest, driven approach which offers the chance to work with some great people

Persimmon offer flexible working hour arrangements with the agreement of the Head of Department

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No Agencies please - Persimmon will not accept speculative CVs as a means of introduction


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