Buyer / Senior Buyer

Career Opportunity: Buyer / Senior Buyer

Our team is dynamic, innovative and focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting and varied projects. We want our people to succeed both in work and life and to support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

We now have an opportunity for an experienced Buyer to join our team based at Head Office, Ipswich. This position will be Monday - Friday and we also offer Hybrid working.

The Buyer will be responsible for ensuring that the materials required for projects are provided to schedule and according to projected budgets. You will play a vital part in helping ensure profitability of contracts and ensure the most cost effective and appropriate materials are purchased.

Main Duties:

• Manage and co-ordinate materials procurement within the designated areas, frameworks and supply agreements
• Identifying potential suppliers and new products
• Contacting a range of suppliers to obtain quotations and agree delivery times
• Keeping detailed records and maintaining a well organised work schedule
• Dealing effectively with challenges with suppliers and the flow of materials
• Ensuring all work complies with quality, safety and environmental policies and the requirements of the company procedures
• Negotiating and agreeing the most favourable terms with suppliers
• Providing advice to the project estimator on the predicted cost of individual items
• Liaising closely with the estimator at the tendering stage to ensure that an accurate project cost is provided
• Assess and advise on commercial risk
• Preparing and maintaining cost reports in order to maximise efficiency within the business

Are you the person we are looking for?

We re after a proactive problem solver, a confident communicator with strong negotiating skills and a team player, someone who can prioritise tasks and manage their time to meet deadlines.

The successful candidate will be able to build good relationships, be well organised and self-motivated.

The ideal candidate will have previous experience of buying, preferably within the construction industry. A CIPS qualification would also be an advantage but is not essential. Due to the nature of the role a full UK driving license is essential

We also offer some fantastic perks!

We don t just offer a great place to work with a family feel atmosphere, we also offer:

• Life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)
• Company pension scheme (we match up to 6%)
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with an option of buying more holiday!)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program
• Employee platform benefits
• Free on-site parking
• Open plan, bright modern office
• Company social events
• Regular fun days and charity events hosted in the office
• A supportive business who wants to help you progress in your career

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. We also place high importance on our inclusive recruitment policy and will do our very best to support those applicants who may need adjustments in order to take part in the recruitment process. Please do let us know if you require any additional assistance or adjustments on. Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore if we have not responded to your application within two weeks please note that on this occasion your application has not been successful.