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Location: Mansfield, NG18
Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity?
Job Title: Buyer
Location: Mansfield, NG18
Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as a Buyer and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.
Why Persimmon Homes?
At Persimmon, we don't just build homes — we build careers. When you join us as a Buyer, you'll benefit from:
* Competitive salary
* 5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
* Life Cover & Contributory Pension
* Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
* Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development
What is the role?We are looking to recruit an experienced Buyer to join our Buying Team. The Buyer will report to the Commercial Director and will be responsible for the sourcing and ordering of various materials, achieving best possible value, and ensuring group deals are adhered to.
Primary Responsibilities
* Material scheduling for multiple live and upcoming developments at any one time
* Calculating bulk quantities of bricks, blocks and tiles required for each site and scheduling them with the manufacturer in a timely manner
* Maintaining and monitoring regional bulk material levels to ensure there are no shortfalls or over ordering
* Submitting material cost budgets to department surveyors and advising where large losses or stolen product has occurred
* Finally you will need to work very closely alongside Site and Contract Managers to ensure requisitions are processed efficiently and site issues are overcome swiftly
What experience do I need?
* A confident and numerate professional who has previous Buyer experience within a construction company and can provide take offs from drawings
* Be self-motivated, asks questions, wants to learn and has a good work ethic
* Must be adaptable, have a strong and consistent management style with the site teams and supply chain
* Must be proficient in Excel
* Confident negotiation skills
* Previous COINS experience is a distinct advantage
* Full Driving licence is essential
Before submitting your application, please take a moment to review our privacy policy, which is available on our corporate website, which will detail how we will process your personal data.
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Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Purchasing and Supply Chain
* Industries
Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
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