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BMS require an experienced Buyer/Purchasing Plant Coordinator for our Client based in the Newcastle area

Our Client is an offsite construction and digital manufacturer, specialising in the design, manufacture and build of high-quality facilities for the healthcare, life sciences, education, semiconductor and battery tech sectors.

At the core of our Client's mission is a commitment to transforming the construction industry into a more productive and efficient sector. By completing projects in a third of the time compared to traditional methods, we offer significant time and cost savings to our clients. Our dedication to quality, efficiency, and personalisation ensures that we deliver facilities that exceed expectations.

Role Information

The Plant Coordinator will

* Integrate successfully with the existing business, relevant departments and staff

* Foster excellent relations with clients, staff and suppliers

* Provide quality services

* Bring new ideas to the business to enhance the Merit brand, awareness of our Client's services.

* Have the capacity to deliver a diversity of requirements within a working day

* Have a flexible approach to work load

* Demonstrate good Microsoft excel skills

* Hold a clean and current driving license

* Be prepared to travel throughout the UK

Purpose and Objectives

Provide the enthusiasm and energy to ensure that our Client successfully fulfils its objectives and long term strategy. The key objectives of the role are to:

* Be responsible for the day to day management of all plant in the company

* Establish close working relationships with site teams, client, consultants and suppliers

* Provide accurate reporting in line with company requirements

Duties and Responsibilities

The role is focused at achieving results in a consistent manner to a defined quality.

Specific duties will include but not limited too:

* To manage the control of all plant across our Client in the most

cost effective manner in line with the business needs

* Providing analysis, planning, scheduling, and coordination of plant movement within the

business and maintain records for the purchasing department

* Conducting cost saving analysis at the beginning of a contract to decide which supply

options would be best suited

* Consolidating records for owned plant within the company and keep accurate records

including service/ calibration records where necessary

* Maintain all plant in a timely manner to ensure all planned maintenance and calibrations

* are carried out on schedule

* Monitoring ongoing costs on a week to week basis for plant out on hire to achieve the

most cost effective procurement

* Ensuring we are processing plant in the most cost effective method in line with all

Personal Qualities & Experience

* Construction related background working for principle contractors

* Experience of Plant hire/off hire is essential

* Experience working in a busy and fast paced environment

* Previous experience working for a multi-site organisation

* Strong communication skills

* Ideally the candidate will have a construction background

* Confident using Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)

* Experience in a similar role