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Buyer

2 weeks ago

Ebblake Industrial Estate, United Kingdom Active Staff Full time

**Buyer**

£40,000-£50,000

**Permanent full time - 40 hours**

**Verwood, Dorset**

Are you passionate about the construction industry?

Do you have 3 years or more experience as a **Buyer** in the construction business?

Do you have a proven track record of supporting negotiations and securing the very best deals?

Are you a team player, seeking the continuous improvement for you and your team?

**About the Company**:
We are working with our client, based in Dorset who are seeking an experienced Buyer in the construction industry. They have driven the market in modernising modular buildings by narrowing the gap between temporary and permanent buildings.

They supply schools, colleges, universities, the military, government, and the health sector, Classrooms, laboratories, training centres, offices, kitchens, or accommodation

**Overall purpose**:
They are growing, and fast. Due to the operations landscape changing rapidly to deliver that growth, with larger and more complex projects they are seeking an enthusiastic Buyer to join their Operations team, you will be supporting and assisting the SupplyChain, Procurement & Purchasing Function.

You will assist in ensuring that project deadlines are met and relay important information to the project teams as needed and assist in liaising with the construction team on a frequent basis to prevent construction delays and unnecessary / additional costs.

**Your goals**
- Ensuring effective planned procurement through use of existing and developing methods/processes.
- Ensuring ad-hoc procurement requests are dealt with in an efficient manner to ensure on time and on budget delivery of projects.
- Maintaining supplier database to streamline procurement process for future projects.

**Duties and Responsibilities**
- Supporting in the daily procurement of services, materials, labour, and equipment, as well as third-party subcontractors and suppliers as needed
- Supporting Procurement with Purchasing and Stock Control activities across the business
- Monitoring and actioning requisitions from site teams to ensure sequence of works/programmes are maintained
- Assisting in identifying potential supplier sources, potential vendors and negotiating favourable strategic supplier agreements, supplier selection, tendering and cost estimating
- Assisting in co-ordinating with the Sales Team on new and upcoming projects so that they are scheduled well in advance to optimise best procurement practice
- Reporting any concerns that might negatively impact projected cost and time estimates
- Look for and suggest any improvements in the Procurement activities

**Qualifications**:

- Full driving license, preferably clean

**Experience**:

- A minimum of 3+ years of experience in construction for a Contractor and/or project management for a contractor
- Proven experience dealing with suppliers, supporting negotiations and securing the very best deals
- Experience of building strong relationships with clients and external contacts to encourage future working
- Proven awareness and experience of what is happening in the industry, actively looking for new opportunities to win new work - attending networking or corporate events as appropriate
- Proven track record of being influential in the continuous improvement of the procurement department.
- Clear evidence of the ability to research, interpret and summarise complex information in a way that is relevant and easily understood both orally and in writing to a variety of audiences
- Proven experience working to and achieving tight deadlines in high pressure situations
- Understanding of construction methods and technology
- Experience using supply chain management software and tools
- Successful experience working in a project management environment

**Skills**:

- A flair for analysis, troubleshooting and problem solving
- Good accurate record keeper, organisational and excellent time management skills
- Well-developed organisational and project management skills
- Be good a communicator with people at all levels of the organisation
- Exceptional interpersonal and teamwork skills, positive and enthusiastic
- Exceptional listening and questioning skills
- Analytical and logical problem-solving skills, with the ability to think outside the box.
- Innate commercial acumen.
- Calm