Assistant Buyer - Horley, United Kingdom - Coinford Ltd

Coinford Ltd

Verified Company

Horley, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Coinford is a groundworks and concrete frame specialist that delivers contracts ranging from £1million to £50million throughout London and the South East of England.

This role works out of our Head office, Redeham Hall

Role Purpose/Objective:

Reporting into the Head of Procurement the Buyer is responsible for the placing of day to day orders and acting as a first point of contact for any order queries.

There is also some requirement to maintain pricing databases and undertake price comparison exercises.

Key Responsibilities:

Placing of day to day orders with a range of suppliers
Follow up and chase orders that have not arrived on time, or to the specifications given
Keep procurement database and pricing spreadsheets up to date
Undertake pricing comparison exercises on a range of products
Build and maintain good relationships with new and existing suppliers
Liaising with accounts department and reconciling of invoices

The above
list of
job duties is
not exclusive or
exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope of their role.

Experience/skills required:

Ideally some experience within a builders merchant or similar environment - used to the fast paced nature of Construction

Previous Buying experience ideally as an Assistant Buyer

Or strong industry knowledge of products and services used in Construction

Negotiating skills

Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills, with the ability to collaboratively work with internal and external teams

Time management skills and the ability to deliver to deadlines

Excellent verbal, written and presentation communication skills with ability to adapt style to meet the needs of your audience

Good organisational and problem-solving skills

Ability to work independently, escalating any concerns/issues as and where necessary

Resilience

Qualifications:

Absolute minimum GCSE or equivalent qualification in English and Mathematics

Schedule: