Buyer
Posted 1 week ago by Europlan Group
Negotiable
Undetermined
Onsite
Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary: The Buyer for the construction industry will be a key member of the Supply function, responsible for managing projects from design conception to delivery. This role involves ensuring operational efficiency, cost management, and quality control while collaborating with various stakeholders. The Buyer will also engage with suppliers and contribute to financial reporting within the company.
Key Responsibilities:
- Take ownership of key projects and ensure timely delivery.
- Provide status updates and mitigate operational issues.
- Negotiate with suppliers to ensure best pricing and delivery.
- Drive efficiency and reduce costs through supply chain optimization.
- Maintain budgetary control and contribute to financial reporting.
- Plan and facilitate work throughput in collaboration with team members.
- Ensure quality control at all stages of the supply chain.
- Oversee on-site supervision of work in progress.
- Interact with overseas offices, suppliers, and partners.
- Assist in new supplier selection and performance initiatives.
- Provide advice on external processes and services to Designers and Sales staff.
Key Skills:
- Track record of project buying in the construction industry.
- Understanding of technical drawings.
- Knowledge of Export/Import processes.
- Experience managing domestic and overseas suppliers.
- Computer literacy with proficiency in spreadsheets and planning software.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent budget control and organizational skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- High energy level and willingness to explore solutions.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Inverness
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Title: Buyer for the construction industry
Based on site full time- Port of Nigg
Reporting to Procurement Management
Outline
As a fundamental member of the Supply function, with responsibility for direct reports, the Project Buyer will take ultimate “ownership” of relevant key projects within the company’s cross-functional team structure, covering all operational issues following design conception through to completion and delivery of the tangible product to the client.
Responsibilities- progress of projects within the team, taking full ownership for your own projects to ensure they are delivered as required. Provide status information, including any actions required to mitigate operational issues to relevant members of the team in a timely manner. Ensure best price and delivery by means of benchmarking, interrogation of cost and negotiation with suppliers prior to submitting final costs. Work proactively on methods to drive efficiency and reduce cost by means of optimising use of the supply chain. Work with your team to ensure they are working smartly to allow resource to be used optimally. Maintain budgetary control of all projects within the field of responsibility. Providing a major contribution to the company’s financial reporting system. Through active consultation with direct reports & fellow team members, particularly the Project Manager, plan and facilitate work throughput, responding to and controlling change to ensure appropriate prioritization of tasks and adherence to internal SLAs. Ensure appropriate quality control / assurance is maintained at all stages of the supply chain. Planning and overseeing on-site supervision of work in progress where necessary. Interact directly with our overseas liaison offices, suppliers, partners, and inter-company divisions by way of conventional communications media and when necessary, foreign travel. Work with the Procurement Manager & Commercial Manager to help drive new supplier selection, development, and performance initiatives on a world-wide basis. Provide advice and intelligence to Designers and Sales staff on the external processes and services we manage, in terms of availability and prevailing commercial influencers.
Requirements- A track record of project buying within the construction industry. An understanding of technical drawings. Knowledge of the Export / Import process. Direct experience of managing both domestic and over-seas suppliers, ideally in the Far East, UK & Eastern Europe. Computer literacy with a high level of competence with spreadsheets, internal production planning software, Word & PowerPoint. Highly numerate, able to analyse and add value to data. Strong attention to detail. Excellent budget control Willingness to explore all angles to achieve solutions. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, First-rate organisational skills. A high energy level is an essential attribute.