Construction Buyer

3 weeks ago


West Bromwich, United Kingdom GreenSquareAccord Full time

**Construction Buyer**

**West Midlands - Site based.**

**Salary - £44,500-£54,500**(+ £2,500Car Allowance) per annum - depending on skills and experience**

**Contract type - Permanent**

**Working hours - Full Time (39 hours per week)**

**Closing Date - 23April 2024**

**Interview Date - TBC**

**About the role**

We are currently recruiting for a permanent Construction Buyer based in West Midlands.

You will work closely with the live project site teams and procurement department in order to carry out the necessary take offs and tender preparations through Intend for the supply of materials to the live construction sites. This will involve the scheduling of all material requirements integrated with the construction programme and subcontract packages.

The Construction Buyer will engage with the design teams to ensure the correct drawings, specifications and information is available tenders to be sent out.

You will produce tender analysis data to inform the team to make decisions on the procurement correct route.

To work within the construction project budgets and provide regular cost value comparisons for the CVR reporting process for the supply of materials. This will include liaising with specialist suppliers to obtain accurate cost advice.

Work with the procurement team to ensure procurement is carried out in line with the Public Contract Regulations 2015

**Please note that if you are successful in this role, we will require a DBS check to be completed. Further details will be sent following offer.**

**About you**

You will be able to demonstrate previous working experience as a buyer within the construction Industry.

Holdformal qualifications associated with purchasing such as CIPS level 2 is not essential but desirable for this role.

This role requires excellent communication and IT Skills. This will include being able to plan, organise and execute multiple tasks simultaneously.

You will be able operate effectively and make good quality decisions with available information.

**About us**

GreenSquareAccord is one of the biggest social housing and care providers in England.

We believe passionately in our mission to build better lives and provide social housing and support services to 54,000 people across our four localities. We are proud to play an active role in helping people to deal with the consequences of the housing crisis by providing affordable homes for people in our communities who need them most.

We also provide care and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society. This includes support for people who are homeless, experiencing domestic violence or are part of the criminal justice system.

**Our purpose**

We are proud to be able to support tens of thousands of people across England by providing affordable housing and care to help people live independently.

Our focus is on building better lives. Everything we do is about people - whether that's providing a good quality, safe home or providing care which helps someone to live an independent life.

Our colleagues live and breathe this social purpose and we need great people, with skills across a range of disciplines, to make this happen.

**The GSA Way**

We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. To help us make a difference, together, we created the GSA Way.

A culture we commit to, aspire to, and live and breathe. Commitments and behaviours which together make our organisation what it is.

Our five core commitments are:

- We believe our customer is everything
- We are one team
- We are supportive and caring
- We are business-minded for social purpose
- We are curious and ambitious.

You can read more about the GSA Way in our recruitment pack.

**Benefits**

In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes; annual holiday entitlement (plus statutory bank holidays); a defined contribution pension scheme; trust based flexible working and a Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).

GreenSquareAccord also offer a non-contractual performance-related bonus scheme. Further details will be made available upon joining, along with supporting documentation which can be found on the GreenSquareAccord intranet site.
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