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Buyer

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

· Comparing quotes to identify best supplier for each purchase.

· Identifying potential suppliers and new products.

· Providing prices for all materials included in project plans and drawings.

· Contacting a range of suppliers to obtain quotations and agree delivery times.

· Assessing the reliability and credentials of the suppliers.

· Dealing effectively with challenges with suppliers and flow of materials.

· Ensuring compliance with the safety, health, and environmental requirements of materials.

· Negotiating and agreeing the most favourable terms possible with suppliers.

· Liaising closely with the estimator at the tendering stage to ensure that an accurate project cost is provided.

· Providing advice to the project estimator on the predicted cost of individual items.

· Preparing and maintaining cost reports in order to maximise efficiency within the business.

Qualities and Capabilities Required:

· To believe in and uphold our company values.

· A competent buyer with a proven track record. Ideally with a Civils/Groundworks background

· Previous use of COINS preferable

· Excellent skills MS Office especially word and excel.

· Have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar role.

· Friendly with good interpersonal skills, able to work as part of the wider team