Senior Buyer

We are looking for a bright, highly motivated individual to join our fast paced and growing buying team as a Senior Buyer. Ideally you will have previous experience working within a Builder’s merchants, Groundworkers, Housebuilder or Civil engineering company.

M.V. Kelly Ltd are the UK’s largest Civil Engineering and Building Contractor specialising in Infrastructure and Groundworks. Our success, no doubt is owed to our strong core values maintained from the companies family origins in 1995, in addition to a consistency in a dedicated and elite workforce. We continue to grow rapidly thanks to our sterling reputation within the industry.

We are an innovative, dynamic and passionate business, who understands that the key to a successful business is successful people; therefore we recruit the best, and offer and encourage development and training along with high rewards. The right people can make a real difference; it is this attitude that has got us to where we are today. The opportunities to develop and progress within the Company are limitless for dedicated and successful employees and we promise to help people reach their full potential, through guided and structured personal development plans. Speed of progression is according to rate of development and success; nothing will hold you back at M.V. Kelly.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to develop their career within procurement and develop themselves professionally to become a key asset to the buying team and to a highly reputable construction company, within a high standards and high rewards environment.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Undertake pricing negotiation with suppliers in accordance with buying procedures.
- Ensure materials are ordered having regard for quality and lead times.
- Have an up to date understanding of market conditions and feed this back to the whole buying team and relevant parts of the business.
- Develop close working relationships with the commercial teams to make sure budget information in terms of quantity and price are accurate.
- Source new or alternative products and liaise and negotiate with both new and existing suppliers when required.
- Accurately manage, organise and update relevant information on company database.
- Monitor open orders and chase to completion/ rescheduling if necessary. Be extremely responsive to acting on requests/ chasing information to complete an order.
- Liaise with production staff and other internal departments on any discrepancies between purchase date and required date or price discrepancies.
- Effective management of queries and ensuring resolution of any queries.
- Review project minutes and liaise with the site management team/ commercial team to ensure you understand buying requirements of the project.
- Communicate effectively internally and externally to ensure we are operating efficiently; liaise with suppliers, manufacturers, relevant internal departments and site as needed.
- Manage all supply chain and rebates for their area and working alongside the team in ensuring volumes distributed to maximise recovery through rebates.
- Early cost advice/ tender request for pricing.
- Contribute to buying gains.
- Maximise cost savings on all purchases.
- Use your additional knowledge/ experience and expertise to show that you are a senior buyer and make a difference to company cost/ efficiency.
- Responsible for the training and development of staff within your control/ area and ensure departmental knowledge is very good.
- Support the Buying Manager with staff development/ review and on going efficiency reviews within the department
- Produce/ analyse reports/ data that has been allocated to you.
- Effectively manage and develop the supplier database in conjunction with the Buying Manager.
- Review and maintenance of the supply chain with the Buying Manager including rebates/ discounts etc.
- Other duties as reasonably required from time to time

**Requirements**:

- Similar buying experience with a background of working for a builder’s merchants/ groundworkers/ house builders/ civil engineers
- At least 5 GCSE's grade A-C
- Excellent computer skills, including Word and Excel
- Commercial and Financial awareness
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Work well under pressure
- Excellent organisational skills
- Must be able to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Ambitious and motivated personality

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Solihull B90 4LN: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: One location