Overall Purpose of Role:
To manage the full procurement lifecycle for all site requirements within cladding remediation and façade refurbishment projects while providing leadership, oversight, and support to Assistant Buyers within the department.
The Senior Buyer holds full ownership of project procurement delivery, cost control, KPI performance, and reporting, ensuring alignment with project budgets, programmes, and commercial objectives.
Specific Responsibilities:
Overall responsibilities
* Act as the central point of contact for procurement of all procured items required the set allocated projects.
* Act as senior point of contact for Assistant Buyer support and higher-level decision making
* Manage, source, price, and evaluate suppliers for all project requirements including bespoke and specialist materials listed on materials schedules.
* Manage the end-to-end procurement process project commencement to final delivery on site.
* Coordinate with design, commercial, and site teams to ensure that all material specifications, budgets, and deliveries align with programme requirements.
* Maintain excellent supplier relationships and negotiate commercial terms as required.
* Raise material budgets in advance to support proactive ordering by site teams.
* Ensure timely issue of purchase orders and follow up on all order confirmations and delivery tracking.
* Line manage, mentor, and support Assistant Buyers.
* Oversee KPI tracking and performance management across the team
* Provide regular procurement project overviews and cost saving reports to the Head of Buying.
* Support continuous improvement of buying processes and supplier performance.
* Provide cover and support within the department as required.
Operational responsibilities
* Review and extract material requirements from project-specific material schedules issued by the design team.
* Liaise with suppliers to obtain quotes, samples, and technical information in line with design intent.
* Compare supplier pricing, lead times, and availability, and compile comparative analysis where needed.
* Upload all required data to the Probe system and map materials to the correct job cost codes.
* Generate and maintain material budgets based on project CSA, quotes and supplier terms.
* Coordinate with site teams to enable ordering of all required project needs within budget and lead time constraints.
* Approve purchase orders with accurate item codes, costs, and delivery information.
* Track orders and liaise with suppliers to manage logistics and resolve delivery issues.
* Support invoice reconciliation, delivery notes, and ensure the audit trail for all purchases is complete.
* Maintain and update list of supplier contacts, product specification and pricing on Probe
* Create analysis reports of project costing, material costing and supplier performance as requested by Head of Buying.
Collaborate with:
* Design Team
* Project Site Teams
* Estimating Department
* Commercial Team
* Senior Management Team
* Accounts Team
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