Keepmoat Homes is a fast growing top 10 UK housebuilder. We design and build quality homes and create places where people want to live.
Our investment and participation helps transform communities and improves the lives of local people. We have a national presence combined with local knowledge and expertise in all aspects of housing – from finance, design and planning, to developing and building. Our comprehensive skills and capabilities give us a wider perspective across the whole housing lifecycle and we create lower risk ways of building homes people need.
For more than 90 years our work has been absolutely visible to local communities so being part of the community is in our DNA. We hire local suppliers and tradespeople and work with local communities to make sure that our plans meet their needs.
Main purpose of the role
To provide a professional, efficient and effective material scheduling and purchasing function for the regional business unit supporting the commercial team and contributing to the overall business plan.
Key Accountabilities:
• Provide scheme specific material budgets for site start budget process
• Place bulk call off materials orders and adhoc purchase orders to meet the needs of the regional business
• Resolve supplier issues to ensure the efficient delivery of materials to site
• Support the implementation of strategic framework agreements
• Produce accurate material take offs and schedules in accordance with regional development programme requirements
• Maintain completion up to date database of material schedules and costs for all house types (standard/RSL/Bespoke). Feed into bible costs as required by regional commercial team
• Procurement of materials and placing orders ensuring delivery to site in accordance with:
* Standard company operating procedures
* Standard conditions of purchase
* Required quality and quantity
• Actively contribute to enhancing regional profits
•Track material cost fluctuations/price increases and highlight any adjustments to the regional commercial team
• Keep detailed records and maintain a well-organized work schedule
• Prepare and contribute to cost reports in order to maximize efficiencies within the business
• Provide support to Accounts team to ensure prompt resolution of invoice queries / issues
• Contribute to the development of improved purchasing processes and procedures
• Participate and contribute to regular Supply Chain Team meetings and forums to communicate developments, share good practice and up skill our people
• Build excellent supplier relations;
• Participate in establishing the business as an industry leader in Supply Chain Management
HS&S Responsibilities
To take care of your own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by your work and adhere to the Keepmoat Health, Safety and Sustainability standards.
Skills, knowledge & experience
This is not an exhaustive list of the technical experience that we seek in this role, but what we consider to be critical to the success of this role:
• Flexible and agile approach
• Skilled in relationship building and stakeholder engagement
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated, solutions focused approach
• Prepared to work within a large geographical area
• Excellent level of numeracy and skilled in verbal and written comms
• High level of computer literacy in MS Office
• Ability to read and understand construction drawings and specification
• Ability to take-off materials and schedule
• Knowledge of people management tools and techniques e.g. talent mapping; succession planning etc
• Covered a more senior role to support upward management experience
• Construction related qualification (ONC / HNC). Have or working towards professional procurement qualification
If this sounds like you, please apply now. As the above is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities, for more information including a full job description and person specification, please contact recruit@keepmoat.com
Why work for us?
At Keepmoat Homes we pride ourselves on being a great place to work. As the market leader in our industry we want to ensure that we attract, motivate and retain the best people who can deliver the best service for our customers.
* Competitive rates of pay – We regularly check our pay against our competitors to make sure they reflect our position as market leader. We also review our pay every year.
* Bonus Scheme – Our annual bonus scheme is linked to team and company performance.
* Special offers for staff – We run a range of offers and discounts exclusively for our employees including holidays, health club memberships and days out.
* Trust – We encourage you to come up with ideas and get the most out of your job with us.
* Development – we offer genuine development opportunities to progress your career.
Our values
Our values are the foundation for our vision, the cornerstone of our culture and the benchmark for our achievement.
* Straightforward - We get the job done in the most efficient and effective way. We are friendly, open and honest. It’s about being respectful and working in a transparent and honest way.
* Collaborative - We work together in partnership to deliver the very best customer experience. Partnership working is key to our business. We work collaboratively to deliver the best results possible.
* Passionate - We care about what we do. We put pride and energy into delivering results. It’s important to us to do a good job.
* Creative - We are proactive, flexible and resourceful. We listen, learn and deliver solutions. We don’t offer a one size fits all solution; we are flexible and will tailor our services to our customers’ needs.
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