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Ventro, Firntec and LivGreen are an exciting group of companies focused on fire safety services and net zero retrofit. As a Purchasing Assistant, you will work closely and effectively with the purchasing team to support our project managers in ensuring timely delivery of stock to customer sites. You will need to be confident in negotiations and communicate with a variety of suppliers to achieve the best possible price on fire safety products – we will provide full training on product knowledge!
Key Skills / Responsibilities:
* Managing own projects independently when ordering bespoke fire doors
* Creating a bill of quantities from an estimate to forecast material needed for a project
* Reactive based purchasing for onsite orders
* Completing thorough reviews on bespoke door orders prior to production to ensure accuracy
* Monitoring budgets and spend to maximise GP
* Liaising with suppliers and internal departments
* Negotiate pricing with suppliers
* Purchasing per project based on the bill of quantities within the budget set
* Meeting deadlines for goods to get to site
* Resolving account queries and ordering issues
* Conducting tender and rebate reviews with suppliers to ensure optimal pricing
The successful candidate must:
* Previous buying experience; construction-based buying experience is advantageous
* A background in Fire Safety is desirable
* Have great attention to detail
* Have excellent negotiation skills
* Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications
What's in it for you?
* Ability to purchase additional annual leave
* Regular company events
* Cycle to work scheme
* Company reward scheme (vouchers, etc)
Ventro Ltd values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
Seniority level
* Associate
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Purchasing
* Industries: Construction
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