Potensis
Materials Buyer - Housebuilder
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Potensis Selection is pleased to partner with an award-winning Residential Developer who are looking to expand their existing team and recruit an additional Materials Buyer.
The business has developed an enviable reputation for consistently delivering high-end, complex, and design-led projects across the South East for over 20 years.
Due to an expansion of workload, they are now looking to attract and recruit a Materials Buyer to work across a number of new projects due to commence in the next 18 months.
Responsibilities
- Liaise with all relevant colleagues with relation to new site starts, technical problems, new suppliers, and general queries
- Procurement of materials and placing orders ensuring delivery to site in accordance with standard company operating procedures
- Maintain an up-to-date database of material schedules and costs for all house types
- Provide scheme-specific material budgets for site start budget process
- Place bulk call-off materials orders and adhoc purchase orders to meet the needs of the regional business
- Investigate and resolve issues to ensure the efficient delivery of materials to site
- Track material cost fluctuations/price increases and highlight any potential issues in good time to the Commercial Director
- Participate and contribute to regular Supply Chain Team meetings and forums to communicate developments and share good practice
- Build and maintain excellent supplier relations
- Ensure that all procurement processes are regularly and diligently complied with
- Chair regular value engineering meetings with external consultants and subcontractors for each scheme
- Demonstrate good negotiation skills to ensure the most competitive rates are secured.
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The role would suit an existing Materials Buyer who is interested in working for a business with an excellent, secured pipeline of projects, or a junior buyer who is looking to step up into the role.
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