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 optimizing 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 overseas 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 analyze and add value to data.
* Strong attention to detail.
* Willingness to explore all angles to achieve solutions.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* First-rate organizational skills.
* A high energy level is an essential attribute.
Seniority Level:
* Associate
Employment Type:
* Contract
Job Function:
* Supply Chain, Purchasing, and Product Management
Industries:
* Construction
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