Buyer, Business

Buyer / Senior Buyer - Building Services (Scotland)

📍 Scotland | 🏗 MEP & Building Fabric Contractor

We're currently working with a well-established and growing building services contractor that delivers integrated mechanical, electrical, plumbing and building fabric solutions across Scotland. Due to continued growth and a strong forward order book, they are now looking to appoint a Buyer / Senior Buyer to strengthen their procurement function.

The business has been operating for over 15 years, growing organically from its electrical contracting roots into a full turnkey MEP and building fabric provider.

They work across a broad range of sectors including:

• Healthcare
• Education
• Commercial & Residential
• Retail
• Sports & Leisure
• Hospitality & Industrial

With a strong focus on quality, innovation, and long-term client relationships, they deliver projects ranging from minor works through to complex, multi-trade, multi-million-pound programmes.

As a Buyer / Senior Buyer, you will play a key role in supporting procurement across the business, ensuring materials, plant, subcontract packages and services are sourced efficiently, competitively and in line with programme requirements. This is a commercially important position with real scope to influence procurement strategy and support the continued growth of the business.

• Manage the full procurement cycle for materials, subcontract packages and services
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with suppliers to ensure performance, reliability and value
• Prepare and place purchase orders and track delivery schedules to meet site and programme needs
• Negotiate competitive rates and commercial terms
• Work closely with site teams, commercial teams and finance to align procurement with project requirements
• Support supplier evaluation, onboarding and performance monitoring
• Contribute to continuous improvement of procurement processes and best practice

• Previous experience in a Buyer or Senior Buyer role, ideally within construction, MEP or building services
• Strong negotiation skills and experience managing supplier relationships
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Commercially aware with a focus on cost control and delivery certainty
• Comfortable working with ERP systems and procurement platforms
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to support a growing business

• Competitive salary, dependent on experience
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Opportunity to join a highly regarded, expanding contractor
• Exposure to a wide range of projects and sectors across Scotland
• Supportive team environment with genuine career progression opportunities