Buyer
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
· Comparing quotes to identify best supplier for each purchase.
· Identifying potential suppliers and new products.
· Providing prices for all materials included in project plans and drawings.
· Contacting a range of suppliers to obtain quotations and agree delivery times.
· Assessing the reliability and credentials of the suppliers.
· Dealing effectively with challenges with suppliers and flow of materials.
· Ensuring compliance with the safety, health, and environmental requirements of materials.
· Negotiating and agreeing the most favourable terms possible with suppliers.
· Liaising closely with the estimator at the tendering stage to ensure that an accurate project cost is provided.
· Providing advice to the project estimator on the predicted cost of individual items.
· Preparing and maintaining cost reports in order to maximise efficiency within the business.
Qualities and Capabilities Required:
· To believe in and uphold our company values.
· A competent buyer with a proven track record. Ideally with a Civils/Groundworks background
· Previous use of COINS preferable
· Excellent skills MS Office especially word and excel.
· Have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar role.
· Friendly with good interpersonal skills, able to work as part of the wider team