Buyer

Buyer Required in Enfield / Waltham Abbey

Our Client are specialists in fully supported hard metal roofing, facades, cladding systems and flat roofing for all types of projects.

The ideal candidate will possess excellent negotiation skills and having roofing or cladding buying experience. Experience and technical skills in construction and procurement, such as the
ability to read construction drawings & undertake take-offs would be helpful.

They offer a competitive salary to the person who would join their highly professional team and continue to build on there reputation for quality, excellence and craftsmanship within the metal roofing and cladding industry.

The daily duties include:

• Procurement and scheduling of products, materials, plant, and equipment
• Ensuring purchases offer best value
• Monitoring and reporting of price increases, updating internal spread sheets.
• Tracking orders and proactively addressing any failed or late deliveries
• Arranging the return of non-conforming products
• Maintaining and developing the supply chain
• Identification of new products
• Processing of purchase ledger records

The Buyer must have/be:

• Proven track record in best-value procurement ensuring timely on-time delivery in line
with project programs and budget
• Excellent commercial awareness and negotiation skills to optimise pricing and
commercial terms
• Review the credentials of potential new suppliers and ensure that suppliers are
compliant
• Ability to forward plan for multiple site projects and prioritise workload across long-lead
and real time demands
• Identify potential supply problems and solutions
• Excellent interpersonal skills – strong relationship builder and communicator
• Takes individual ownership and collaborates to deliver team and company objectives
• Ability to undertake take offs would be an advantage
• Ability to implement and manage sound business processes and procedures
Required
• Minimum 2 years Purchasing experience in roofing, cladding, or an aligned industry
• Experience and/or education in procurement and inventory management
• Working knowledge of computer programs for word processing, email, and
spreadsheets

If you are interested in the Buyer position then please get in touch