untypical are an ambitious, customer focused house builder that put people and the planet at the heart of everything we do. We're dedicated to delivering the best possible standards in design, build quality, and service for our customers.
We’re looking for talented and enthusiastic individuals who will share this passion, to join our team.
Ou r benefits package includes:
- Company bonus
- Enhanced Pension Scheme
- 26 days holiday with additional bank holidays
- Holiday Buy Scheme
- Life Assurance
- Employee Assistance Programme
The Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Buyer to join a talented team working from our Bury St Edmunds office on a permanent basis . The posts main focus is to work effectively within the Commercial team to appropriately resource for new residential housing developments
Duties include:
- Schedule and quantify material from working drawings
- Understand drawings, specifications and techniques
- Procure materials to the works specification and budget
- Maximise profitability and minimise risk for developments
- Collate issues, receive and review tenders, and return quotations
- Attend review meetings with supply chain and project Operations/ Commercial teams
- Identify and resolve deficiencies in project documentation/ information such as drawings and specifications
- Identify items of financial/ contractual implication and respond appropriately
- Support the purchasing strategy
- Provide technical advice and support to the department and wider business
- Ensure regular communications with suppliers and develop positive relationships
We're looking for the following skills or experience:
- Proven experience of procurement practices and processes within a residential developer
- Excellent organisational, planning and time management skills
- Able to work to demanding deadlines
- Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) card
- Competent IT skills working with Microsoft excel, word, office and Coins
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
Guided by an innovative approach and a commitment to excellence, untypical focuses on creating sustainable, inclusive communities, delivering homes across the UK that people want to live in and are good for the planet.
Our people are at the heart of what we do and in order for us to succeed in becoming the UK’s most customer-centric house builder, we are looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team.
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