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Construction Resources Limited
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Warrington, Cheshire
Buyer
Overview
My client is looking for a Senior Buyer to join their Commercial team working on projects within our Northern region. Responsibilities: • Pre-construction involvement in design meetings, product selection, obtaining quotations for cost certainty, supply chain development. • Post contract duties include setting up supply chains for both material & subcontract packages, timely and effective processing of requisitions, material order negotiation and placement, maintaining of tracking documents, maintenance of purchasing database, continuous assessment of suppliers and subcontractors to pre-agreed KPI’s. • Contribute to, interrogate and develop commercial approach into working practices and deliver successful outcome. • Identify risk and set in place strategy for management and minimisation of risks at task level. • Tendering, negotiation and placement of sub-contract orders, chairing meetings when relevant, management and resourcing of suppliers and sub-contractors. • Value engineering and cost saving initiatives. • Chairing regular procurement reviews with Project Team. • Composing tender lists and action all tendering requirements from feasibility through to implementation. • Comparison and analysing tender returns and making recommendations on awarding work. • Involvement in pre-contract negotiation with subcontractors, involving construction and commercial team members. • Contract preparation and issuing. Individual: • Educated to at least HNC/D Level in a construction discipline. • Excellent communicator – both oral and written. • Excellent IT skills – including use of procurement systems preferably COINS. • Committed and pro-active with adherence to quality. • Previous experience of sub-contract procurement. • Previous people co-ordination experience. • Previous experience of working for a main contractor. • Professional membership within construction industry. • CSCS card