Buyer

**Who are we?**

Chasetown Civil Engineering, is a family-owned, market-leading civil engineering business, based in Staffordshire. We deliver high quality and innovative solutions to our clients, specialising in infrastructure, groundworks and related building services with project values ranging between £100,000 and £50m. We keep our clients at the centre of everything we do, remaining true to the founding principles on which the business was established.

We are part of the Tara Group consisting of Cameron Homes delivering high quality new homes across the Midlands and Keon Homes who work in partnership with local authorities for affordable homes provision as well as delivering homes for the private rental sector (PRS).

The Tara Group is a family-owned independent company, consisting of four companies involved in the construction of housing. It was originally founded in 1974 by Noel Sweeney and remains in the ownership of the Sweeney Family. With offices in Chasetown, we employ over 250 across our group and work with over 400 sub-contractors.

Our approach is to stay true to the Company’s founding principles and values - employing a loyal, highly skilled and valued team; we have some of the best people in the industry and build high levels of trust with our clients. We have relationships with clients that go back 40 years, and these trusted, long-standing relationships are a testament to the level of service received and the ability to find solutions.

We pride ourselves on playing an active role within the local area and are proud of being able to support the local community.

**Package**:Competitive salary, generous bonus, private medical insurance, healthcare cash plan, pension, life assurance cover.

**What will the role involve?**

**Key role responsibilities**
- Managing the day-to-day project procurement of materials from existing agreements
- Building and maintaining strong working relationships with external suppliers
- Developing and managing negotiations of terms with suppliers
- Effectively dealing with challenges with suppliers and the flow of materials
- To monitor performance, quality, prices, and development of all suppliers
- Ensuring compliance with health, safety and environment requirements of materials and services
- Proactively preparing for quotations and proposals
- Regularly attend team meetings and site visits to ensure the site team have the procurement support required and support them
- Effectively communicating project requirements to the supply chain through a variety of communication channels
- Preparing and maintaining cost reports to maximise efficiency within the company
- Identifying potential suppliers and new products
- Liaising closely with the Senior Buyer at the tendering stage to ensure that an accurate project cost is provided
- Assessing and advising on commercial risk
- Liaising regularly with Site Agents and Surveyors to ensure all material deliveries are timely and accurate
- Managing purchase orders and invoice issues, following them through with resolution

**What we expect from you**
- Experience in groundworks or civil engineering in a buyer role
- Experience in successfully sourcing materials for groundworks sites
- Excellent knowledge of aggregates, asphalt, concrete and drainage purchasing
- Demonstrates and role models a positive attitude and teamwork abilities, to motivate the ledger team
- Accurate, organised and passionate with high attention to detail and pride shown in their role
- Diligent with the ability to prioritise and display proactiveness in looking for alternative, more efficient solutions
- Able to work collaboratively and flexibly when supporting others and has confidence in their approach to communication, across all levels
- Is professional and works hard to get the job done, prepared to go the extra mile

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Work Location: In person