Group Commercial Assistant

**About Us**:
Bringing together two trusted housebuilding brands, Tilia Homes and Hopkins Homes, untypical aims to make a positive difference to the UK housebuilding market and help to provide greater access to homes which are affordable for buyers.

Guided by an innovative approach and a commitment to excellence, untypical focuses on creating sustainable, inclusive communities, delivering homes across the UK that people want to live in and are good for the planet.

Our people are at the heart of what we do and in order for us to succeed in becoming the UK’s most customer-centric housebuilder, we are looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team.

**Our benefits package includes**:

- Bonus Scheme
- 26 days holiday with additional bank holidays
- Holiday Buy Scheme
- Company Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance
- Green Car Scheme
- Retail discount portal
- Employee Assistance Programme

**About The Role**:
We have a permanent vacancy of Group Buyer at untypical. The post will support all 3 areas within Group Commercial, Surveying/Estimating and Buying and will be based at our Bury St Edmonds office.

The key aspects of the role will be as follows:

- Supporting Group Commercial Director & Head of Procurement with establishing best practice procedures documents for regional Commercial & Buying teams.
- To Establish and maintain a suite of standard housetype schedules for materials for regional buying teams & Group Estimating to utilise.
- To Provide scheduling and measurement support to Group Estimating function to service the Regional Land acquisition process.
- To provide admin support to Head of Procurement for new group trading agreements.
- To provide admin support in updating the Subcontract Trade specification/scope of works documentation to aid efficiency of Subcontract procurement to aid consistency of specification with group trading agreements.
- To provide admin support to setup and maintain consistent finishing specifications for different tenures to aid effectiveness of group trading agreements.
- To Supplement/support regional buying teams during periods of significant procurement/account queries to ensure site progress is maintained to programme. Including providing holiday/sickness cover if required.
- To provide support to Group Commercial Director & Group Head of Procurement best practice processes of: materials & subcontract procurement & Estimating across the business. Including supporting on the following:

- COINs plot specific order templates (to enable accurate plot costings per house type)
- Setting up and maintaining a Plot Cost Tracker
- Material Procurement Trackers
- Exception expenditure Trackers (Lost/Stolen/Damage etc)
- Implementation of Coins catalogue pricing to support compliance of group agreements
- Communications/Chasing supply chain compliance and support for both CQMS & Supply Chain Sustainability School

**About You**:

- Proven experience of procurement practices and processes within a residential developer
- Computer skills (Microsoft packages)
- Working knowledge of COINS
- Excellent organisational, planning and time management skills
- Competent IT skills working with Microsoft excel, word, office and Coins
- Effective communication both written and verbal

Hopkins Homes and Tilia Homes operate across four regions in England, we’re committed to making a positive difference in the local areas we build new homes. We create neighbourhoods with a real lasting impact, the kind of community that people can be proud of for generations to come. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and diverse employer of choice and take pride in building careers, not just communities.