Buyer

Bellway; Redhill; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK house builder is seeking an Assistant Buyer for its Redhill Division. You will support procurement processes, manage budgets, and ensure compliance with group purchasing procedures. The role requires previous buying experience and strong communication skills. In return, the company offers a competitive salary, car allowance, pension scheme, and 25 days holiday. This office-based position involves occasional travel to development sites.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Competitive car allowance

Optional salary sacrifice car scheme

Competitive annual bonus

Contributory pension scheme

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Access to discounts and benefits portal

ShareSave Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Life assurance

Holiday Purchase Scheme

Earn and Learn Opportunities

Qualifications

• Previously held Buying role with knowledge of take offs, schedules, and budgets.
• Experience ideally with a housebuilder or large construction organization.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the procurement of materials and hired plant for new homes.
• Place orders for bulk materials and manage site requisitions.
• Liaise with suppliers to ensure best value achieved.
• Manage individual workload daily/weekly.
• Prepare and update materials budgets for developments.
• Produce various KPI reports like site damage and waste.
• Ensure compliance with Bellway Group Procedures.

Skills

Strong communication and listening skills

Excellent attention to detail

Ability to work on own as well as part of a team

IT literate, proficient in MS Word and Excel

Ability to work to deadlines under pressure

Able to communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders

Committed to diversity and inclusion

Education

GCSE English and Mathematics grade A-C / 4+ or equivalent

Current CSCS card or equivalent

Ideally educated to relevant HNC / Degree standard

Job description

At Bellway we recognise that people are the key to our success, and we are committed to building an inclusive culture that values and respects difference combined with creating a safe and inclusive working environment for all colleagues. This means we are positive about making adjustments as well as providing flexible working and we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you.

There is an exciting opportunity to join Bellway, one of the UK’s largest house builders. Our Southern Counties Division, located in Redhill is looking to recruit an Assistant Buyer to join the Division’s Commercial department.

The Role

Reporting to Regional Director, the role of Assistant Buyer supports with the day to day monitoring of procurement costs for the division, compliance with group purchasing arrangements, collection of rebates and the setting and monitoring of materials budgets to deliver the business unit output in the most timely, efficient and cost effective manner possible.

Principal accountabilities of the role include :

• Assist with the procurement of all directly purchased materials and hired plant to deliver new homes in accordance with the regional forecast. Including taking off and scheduling materials from working drawings where required.
• Placing orders for bulk materials and dealing with site generated requisitions.
• Liaising with suppliers to ensure best value is achieved.
• Managing individual workload on a daily / weekly basis.
• Assist with preparing and updating materials budgets for individual developments.
• Assist with the production of various KPI reports such as site damage, plant use and site waste.
• Ensuring compliance with Bellway Group Procedures in all instances.

Experience

• Previously held Buying role with knowledge of take offs, schedules and budgets required.
• Ideally, this will be with a housebuilder or large construction organisation however we welcome applications from all sectors of the construction industry.

Qualifications and Training

• Current CSCS card or equivalent
• GCSE English and Mathematics grade A-C / 4+ or equivalent
• Ideally educated to relevant HNC / Degree standard although this is not essential if suitable experience can be demonstrated.

Skills and Aptitude

• Strong communication and listening skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work on own as well as part of a team
• IT literate, proficient in MS Word and Excel with the ability to adapt to new systems
• Ability to work to deadlines under pressure
• Able to communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders at all levels
• Committed to diversity and inclusion

The Role and Working Conditions

• Willing to be flexible in respect to day to day duties and hours worked.
• Office based role, with travel within the Divisional area.
• Ability to travel to development sites as and when required.

In return we can offer you :

• Competitive salary
• Competitive car allowance
• Optional salary sacrifice car scheme
• Competitive annual bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Access to discounts and benefits portal
• ShareSave Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life assurance
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Earn and Learn Opportunities

We reserve the right to close this vacancy if a large volume of applications are received.