Junior Materials Buyer - Eireann Recruitment Services Ltd : Job Details

JUNIOR MATERIALS BUYER

PERIVALE

SALARY UP TO £25K DEPENDING ON EXPERIENCE PLUS CAREER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Our client is one of London & Home Counties leading Groundworks and Reinforced Concrete Frame Sub-contractors who delivers landmark projects for prestige customers.

They are looking for a Junior Materials Buyer to join a busy and expanding business. As a materials buyer you will be sourcing all types of materials for a variety of schemes from Groundworks, RC Frame Apartments schemes to Rail and Aviation schemes.

Role Purpose

You will be mainly working to agreed terms with building suppliers, but there will be times when you need to source new materials from different suppliers. For this role, experience of working as a buyer within the Construction Industry or Builders Merchant Industry would be beneficial, however, not essential due to on job training.

Responsibilities & Role:

• Ensure price, quality, lead times and traceability throughout the procurement process

• Identify and implementing procedures to reduce spend/ achieve cost savings
• Manage distribution of materials to projects
• Supplier negotiation to ensure most competitive price always achieved
• Establish strong relationships with site managers and suppliers

Person Specification:

• Excellent communication skills to help negotiations and ensure that expectations are clear
• Relationship building and networking skills
• Excellent computer skills and knowledge of spreadsheets
• Excellent attention to detail
• Personable with a confident manner
• Be able to be quick thinking with a flexible attitude to the role

Our client has a very settled working environment and has a healthy pipeline of new projects for the future.

Should this exciting Junior Materials Buyer role be of interest to you, kindly submit your CV to Anna Maguire.

Whilst we will endeavour to contact you following your response, occasionally due to the high volume of applications this cannot always be possible and we are only able to contact shortlisted candidates. We will keep your details on file and may contact you with future opportunities.