Buyer / Senior Buyer - Main Contractor Harrow Permanent Start ASAP Salary: circa £50,000 - £65,000 This 30 year old, upmarket, principal contractor specialises in London's high-end residential and commercial construction and refurb projects. Their work has been featured in publications that include RIBA Interiors, The Times Magazine and Terence Conran's Essential Handbook. The company has re-evaluated its procurement management system, and is consequently looking to recruit an experienced materials buyer. In short, currently, any procurement is dealt with by quantity surveyors and from site teams (so materials not totally measure of best prices procured etc.), so this is a fantastic opportunity for someone to implement a new procurement management system that not only creates a controlled buying process, but also a cost saving at the same time. Buyer Role Summary: The buyer role will necessitate an experienced individual, who possesses in depth construction materials knowledge, who is able to demonstrate key skills in: Tender enquiry, analysis and negotiation together with raising and issuing Purchase Orders. Current market knowledge of suppliers and manufacturers rates, and ability to negotiate terms and conditions The successful candidate will ideally have good all round construction buying experience, competent IT skills. Further Info - must have experience: Working in a procurement role for a reputable contractor within the construction industry Material buying activities including negotiating best cost, payment terms, value and quality of materials Excellent negotiation skills and good relationships with suppliers Placing purchase orders, updating PO logs, and tracking order and delivery of stock Stock strategy / bulk buying / updating of stock movement Strong communicator Weekly/daily checks on orders so that outstanding items are highlighted immediately. Manage all appropriate paperwork to be issued and updated in order to track the stock to the specific project number, ensuring correct cost allocation Checking and authorising payment purchase invoices Improving the current procurement management system. If you have the relevant experience and would like to apply for this Buyer job near Edmonton then please email an updated CV to damian @ borneltd. com To view all of our current positions in London then please visit our website; (url removed) or register for alerts on our App (available on the App Store and on Google play)