Regional Buyer: Strategic Construction Procurement

Gleeson Homes; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday + bank holidays

Car option or allowance

Discretionary bonus scheme

Holiday Buy Back Scheme

Company Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Healthshield membership

Life Assurance Scheme

Share Purchase Plan

Highstreet/Store Discounts

Development Opportunities

Job summary

Gleeson Homes is recruiting a Regional Buyer to maximise profits through effective supply chain management and centralised procurement support for regional sites across the Midlands and the north of England.

You will drive group deals, manage budgets, and liaise with regional and Group teams to ensure timely delivery of goods and services. Experience with COINS and strong procurement knowledge are essential.

Qualifications

• A relevant qualification like CIPS/MCIPS or broad experience in a previous Buying/Procurement function.
• Broad financial and commercial knowledge.
• Broad technical awareness, including good understanding of current regulations that affect procurement e.g. building regulations, NHBC etc.
• Broad knowledge of the Construction industry.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, with resilience and maturity to face challenges and delivery pressures.
• Able to balance multiple priorities within a fast-changing and demanding environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide an efficient and effective Group procurement service that ensure all regional operations and sites receive the necessary support for all centralised group deals and related group procurement matters ensuring that value is being added by the Buying team.
• Ensure the integrated delivery of Group procurement services as related to new and existing developments ensuring the optimal use of Group deals and associated discounts and service and the effective control and compliance with the group order approval process, material/product/plant specification, nominated suppliers, etc
• Be available to provide operational support and assistance to regional buying teams, being a key point of contact for advisory and technical support in relation to Group procured items and associated services.
• Work closely with regional and Group commercial teams to provide, monitor and control the group/bulk material budget information and expenditure for each site as per the commercial approval process.
• Work closely with regional and Group technical departments to proactively ascertain key development in-formation where required to ensure that Centralised buying activity and associated Group Supplier deals efficiently meets the requirements of regional build programmes and development budgets.
• Manage personal workload and priorities within the team to ensure effective oversight and control of bulk/group deals in line with due dates and site requisitions schedules aligned to agreed KPIs and build programmes.

Skills

CIPS/MCIPS

Procurement experience

Stakeholder management

Excel

COINS system

Education

CIPS/MCIPS qualification

Tools

COINS procurement system

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Gleeson Homes is recruiting a Regional Buyer to maximise profits through effective supply chain management and centralised procurement support for regional sites across the Midlands and the north of England.

You will drive group deals, manage budgets, and liaise with regional and Group teams to ensure timely delivery of goods and services. Experience with COINS and strong procurement knowledge are essential.