Construction Buyer

Construction Buyer

A regional house builder have a requirement for a Buyer to join their team based in the North West.

Reporting to the Commercial Manager you will be responsible for the procurement for new build housing developments across the North West region. Duties to include:

• Provide an efficient and effective procurement service that ensure all regional operations and sites receive the necessary support for all centralised group deals and related group procurement matters ensuring that value is being added by the Buying team.
• Ensure the integrated delivery of procurement services as related to new and existing developments ensuring the optimal use of Group deals and associated discounts and service and the effective control and compliance with the group order approval process, material/product/plant specification, nominated suppliers, etc
• Be available to provide operational support and assistance to regional buying teams, being a key point of contact for advisory and technical support in relation to Group procured items and associated services.
• Work closely with regional and Group commercial teams to provide, monitor and control the group/bulk material budget information and expenditure for each site as per the commercial approval process.
• Work closely with regional and Group technical departments to proactively ascertain key development in-formation where required to ensure that Centralised buying activity and associated Group Supplier deals efficiently meets the requirements of regional build programmes and development budgets.
• Manage personal workload and priorities within the team to ensure effective oversight and control of bulk/group deals in line with due dates and site requisitions schedules aligned to agreed KPIs and build programmes. Sufficient time is allocated to the monitoring and assisting regional teams in resolving supplier, delivery and invoice queries arising, and that the overall level of queries does not become unacceptable or counter-productive to the efficient operation of the wider buying function.

Experience required:

• A relevant qualification like CIPS/MCIPS or broad experience in a previous Buying/Procurement function
• Broad financial and commercial knowledge
• Broad technical awareness, including good understanding of current regulations that affect procurement e.g. building regulations, NHBC etc.
• Broad knowledge of the Construction industry
• Proficient user of the COINS (procurement section) system, Microsoft Excel & Word packages.
• Stakeholder management, with resilience and maturity to face challenges and delivery pressures
• Able to balance multiple priorities within a fast-changing and demanding environment.

What’s on offer?

• Generous holiday entitlement of 26 days per annum + bank holidays
• Choice of company car/ car allowance
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• Holiday Buy Back Scheme
• Company Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance Scheme
• Healthshield membership
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Share Purchase Plan

If you are interested in the Construction Buyer role and would like to apply, please contact Deena at Fawkes & Reece or apply via the link.