Buyer, Supply Chain​/Logistics

Role

Title:

Buyer

Reporting To:
Managing & Operational Director

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Identifying, Selecting, and approving suppliers, in line with Company procedures.
• Maintain Approved Supplier List, ensuring that documentation is kept up to date.
• Placing Purchase Orders with Suppliers for Goods and Services in line with budget, quality, and delivery requirements.
• Being the first point of contact for all suppliers and subcontractors.
• Expedite all orders and communicate with Operations Team daily, to highlight any shortfalls or potential issues that may disrupt business operations.
• Provide analysis of costs and identify cost saving opportunities.
• Maintain relationships with current suppliers.
• Establish Supplier KPIs and Service Level Agreements.
• Ensure that Purchase Order values are kept up to date capturing any variations and highlighting to the commercial Team.
• Assess and Evaluate supplier performance, providing feedback.
• Contact Suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery, or invoice issues raising supplier non- conformances when issues arise.
• Support estimating and commercial team with tenders and price queries.
• Developing logistics & planning

Person Specification:

• Experience in strategic planning, risk management and/or change management
• Experience of working in a Procurement team preferably within a construction environment.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel
• Previous experience of using an ERP system preferably SAGE
• Good analytical ability, with attention to detail
• Strong Organisational skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to meet deadlines

Skills:
buyer procurement Negotiation tenders

Benefits:
Paid Holidays Parking company pension