Buyer
Coleshill, West Midlands
£35,000 - £45,000 + Package
Hospitality Sector
This company made their breakthrough 10 years ago into the hospitality sector as a main contractor. The owner has come from humble beginnings and that mentality has spread through the business.
Everything revolves around providing a fantastic service to their clients.
This vacancy is a new position for the business to help speed and quality of their service. You will be focussed on buying materials and plant.
The hardest part about this role will be shifting the mindset of the Contracts Managers and Site Managers to go through a requisition process rather than 'pop to Travis or Screwfix' for the bits and pieces they need - whoever does it needs to be dynamic, driven and charismatic.
The Role
Establish relationships and set up accounts with the best rates with reputable merchants
Alongside the Delivery Teams, establish a practical requisition process for site material and plant requirements
Maintain, issue and update weekly plant hire logs to minimise overspend and losses
Actively work alongside Delivery Teams at the outset to establish material requirements inc any long lead items
Sourcing materials and plant quotes, compare and place orders with those that represent best value
Actively recommend alternatives that present better value to the business
Alongside the Finance Manager, set up online ordering for daily welfare materials (Tiger, Screwfix, Bryson etc)
Issue purchase orders via the accounts system
Assisting the financial controller with month end invoice requisition and queries
Create an inventory of stock materials and plant held at the yard / by staff and re-use wherever possible
Establish hire vs purchase costs at project commencement
Alongside the site / contracts / H&S manager, issue site setup packs
Setting up spend rebates with key suppliers
Maintain and issue monthly spend, saving and lost plant KPI's to Board
Primarily office based in the Coleshill area