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Role: Assistant Buyer

We are currently working alongside a high end residential, refurbishment company who are on the lookout for an Assistant Buyer.

Experience: Looking for someone with good building material knowledge. An ideal candidate would be someone who has or is working in a builder’s merchant who is looking to move over to the purchasing side of material buying.

General Duties:

* Fast paced material buying on a day-to-day basis – as site make requests. Identify appropriate suppliers, based on material requirements and speed of delivery.

* Some larger package purchasing – identify requirements, gather prices, compare against budgets and present the solution to the team for approval.

* Review and process invoices for materials on a monthly basis on our cloud software.

* Develop and maintain relationships with key material suppliers. Identify areas of improvement and new suppliers. Maintain a spreadsheet of suppliers and contact details for each area of works.

* General duties as required by surveyors, as necessary, relating to purchasing or gathering costs.

* Administration duties in relation to purchasing of goods as required.

* Regular site visits to improve knowledge of the building process.

* Answering purchasing department incoming calls and directing calls accordingly.

Working hours & pattern: Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm

They offer hybrid working- Mostly working from home but will be required to meet on the construction sites (mostly always in London) and/or in a day office in London, likely no more than once a week.

Travel expenses paid to sites.

Laptop and screens provided for working from home