Buyer - Taplow, United Kingdom - Berkeley Group

Berkeley Group

Verified Company

Taplow, United Kingdom

4 days ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Responsible for procurement of construction materials and plant for regional sites. Ensuring that quality materials are obtained in a timely fashion and achieving best value.

Key Responsibilities

Sending out of enquiries from drawing issues and monitoring of Procurement Schedules to meet dates required.
Chasing of quotes from enquiries out to ensure dates met.
Placing of orders and chasing of drawings/schedules for issue to technical for approval.
Production of materials based budgets for relevant site/phase ( element of subcontract with window/door/curtain walling and structural steelwork)
Produce quote comparisons and tender review documents on large orders for sign off.
Produce subcontract documents for sign off and to allow issue of Call off Contract/PSI (Project Specific Instruction)
Note only for subcontract elements listed above.
Monthly issue of cost reports for consultation with Commercial Director.
Taking off of materials for enquiries out/order placing.
Resolving of invoice queries relevant to buyer role/site.
Attendance to sites within own buying responsibility, for Production/Project meetings on a weekly/fortnightly basis.
Ensure close out of issues, relevant information/achieved actions from meetings.
Meeting suppliers on site/ in office for problem solving/supply issues/product issues.
Develop material reviews for value engineering.
Close laison with Technical Department to ensure materials specification and approvals.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Construction or Property experience preferred
Ability to work on own initiative and generate solutions.
Highly IT literate, including advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel

Person Specification

Enthusiastic approach with the ability to work both on own initiative and within a committed team
Confident and adaptable
Flexible
Team player
Hard working
Well presented

About Berkeley Group

Berkeley Group builds homes and neighbourhoods across London, Birmingham and the South of England. We revive underused land, creating welcoming, sustainable and naturerich places where communities thrive and where people of all ages and backgrounds enjoy a great quality of life.
We specialise in longterm brownfield regeneration, focusing on challenging and complex sites that are beyond the scope of conventional homebuilders. We are highly collaborative, working with councils and communities to create a shared vision and to unlock a mix of social, environmental, economic and commercial value that benefits all of our stakeholders.
Our passion for quality and design underpins everything we do. All Berkeley homes are created with care, expertise and relentless attention to detail.