Buyer - Ellesmere Port, United Kingdom - Elan Homes Limited

Description

We are a privately owned Company building new homes across the Midlands, North West & South West England and North Wales.

We have an exciting, challenging and rewarding long-term career opportunity for an experienced Buyer to join our existing commercial team at head office.

• Full site procurement including scheduling from technical drawings, tendering and placing orders to budget and agreed deadlines
• Managing plant and prelim costs across the sites
• Managing variation orders, if and when they arise
• Appraising invoices and following up any frequent anomalies
• Visiting sites to complete monthly stock and specification audits
• Assisting the Procurement Manager in maintaining and upholding group deals and specification
• Maintaining knowledge of the changing market place to continually achieve competitive prices and investigate new sources of supply

• Experience with procurement software (COINS)
• Minimum of 35 years' experience in a similar role for a housebuilder or main contractor
• Experience in estimating/taking off from working drawings
• Experience with Microsoft Office programmes particularly excel.
• Familiarity with NHBC standards
• Have a full UK driving licence

• Company car
• Company pension
• Life insurance
• Onsite parking
• Private medical insurance

• Monday to Friday

• Ellesmere Port: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)