Buyer - House Builder (Doncaster)
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| Job Type | Permanent Full Time |
| Location | Doncaster, South Yorkshire |
| Area | Yorkshire and Humberside, England |
| Sector | ConstructionConstruction - Buyer |
| Salary | Negotiable |
| Start Date | ASAP |
| Advertiser | remoteapi |
| Job Ref | 894487_1548323876 |
| Job Views | 28 |
- Description
BUYER - Major House Builder (Doncaster)
Salary: to £35,000 dependant on experience
Hours; 8.15am to 4.45pm Monday to Friday
Reports To: Supply Chain Manager
Location: Doncaster
Job Summary: -
This is a fantastic opportunity to work for our growing client. They are one of the region's leading house builders. They build up to 700 units per year. They operate in a unique environment giving you full flexibly to work from their high end, recently refurbished offices or at home. We. This is a newly created role for a full-time Buyer to support the Procurement Department. The successful candidate will be offered competitive salary, bonus, pension etc.
Key Accountabilities: -
- Responsible for ordering Building materials and hiring plant for several new build private housing projects throughout Yorkshire and the Midlands
- Read, understand & abstract technical information from drawings and specifications
- Schedule materials from drawings and specifications
- Raising thorough material order enquires for tender of material packages.
- Collate quotes, analyse & negotiate with suppliers
- Value Engineering
- Producing and issuing schedule purchase orders
- Inputting orders and schedules onto purchase order software system (Housebuilder)
- Raising & issuing low level repeat orders
- Raising & issuing prelim, secondary and call off orders
- Updating and issuing orders following design changes
- Updating and issuing orders with price changes
- Establish excellent working relationships with Strata Supply Chain
- Provide purchasing support to other functions within the business
- Active participation in team meetings (including site visits) and feedback sessions, in conjunction with other Strata personnel.
- Resolving invoice queries
- Assist the Supply Chain Manager where necessary
- Support other members of the Procurement team
Personal Qualities: -
- Commitment and enthusiasm to Strata
- Commitment to quality in all aspects of service delivery
- Commitment to equal opportunities
- Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimum guidance, confidence in taking the initiative, making decisions and consult as appropriate
- Task orientated
- Take ownership and responsibility
- Have an engaged and positive attitude
- Forge relationships and form effective communication with the supply chain and the wider Strata team
- Deadline focused
- Achieve Team objectives
- ➢Can do' attitude
Qualifications & Experience: -
Essential:
- Previous experience in a similar role within new build private housing
- HNC Construction and the Build Environment
- Computer literate / Microsoft Office in particular Excel
- Highly numerate with efficient administration
Preferred:
- Housebuilding software knowledge
Team Contributions: -
- Establish excellent working relationships with other Strata teams to ensure they have all relevant financial information they may need in order to complete their duties and for the smooth running of the business
- When necessary, follow up with relevant queries and other departments to ensure issues are resolved in a timely manner and before they become a larger issue
- Undertake other tasks as required by the Commercial leadership team to assist in the general running of the department
If you are interested in this vacancy and would like to apply, please send your CV to Jonathan Bates
Please note that every effort will be made to contact all applicants, however due to the high volume in candidate applications if you have not had a response to your submission within 10 days please assume that you have not been shortlisted for interview on this occasion.
