Buyer
| Job Type | Permanent |
| Area | Liverpool, Merseyside |
| Sector | Housing |
| Salary | Car Allowance |
| Start Date | ASAP |
| Advertiser | Dionne whitehouse |
| Job Ref | 18197 |
- Description
One of our key clients is looking for a buyer to join their team in South Liverpool. A house builder with some ambitious but very realistic growth plans, and a culture that isn't typical of the sector. The role will be but not limited to the following
- Procurement of all Plant and materials required for house building and civils projects to ensure they are provided on time and within allocated budgets.
- Ensuring the profitability of contracts by purchasing or sourcing of all Plant and materials in a cost-effective manner.
- Sourcing of appropriate and adequate Plant and materials for 6 busy social housing projects across North West England and North Wales, from groundworks to super-structure, including procurement and purchase of all Sub-Contractor materials.
- Negotiation with Suppliers to agree payment terms, resolve invoice queries and to reduce Plant and materials costs where possible with fixed price rates across a wide range of products.
- Daily liaison with Plant suppliers regarding breakdown issues, sustainable features, on & off-hire of Plant within allocated timescales and fuel monitoring KPI’s.
- Making best use of any surplus materials across projects to reduce waste, avoid damage and reduce costs to the projects.
- Liaison with Stakeholders at all levels to ensure all procurement aspects of the Construction Projects are dealt with efficiently and effectively, through Tender stages, Construction Phases and Handover to Client.
- Ad-hoc Administration and office duties.
This role qualifies for a 10% yearly bonus as well as benefitting from an outstanding environment, and a better work / life balance than is typically the case in the market