Senior Buyer

Fawkes & Reece London; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Hybrid working

28 days leave + bank holidays

Enhanced pension scheme

Annual bonus

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

N/A in Liverpool is seeking a Senior Buyer to join the commercial team. The role focuses on procurement of materials and plant for residential developments, ensuring value, quality, and timely delivery while supporting budgets and programme targets.

You will negotiate commercial agreements, manage supplier performance, and work with cross-functional teams to resolve cost and programme issues. A hybrid working arrangement and robust benefits package are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience buying within UK housebuilding or construction.
• Strong knowledge of residential building materials and supply chains.
• Proven track record of negotiating commercial agreements and achieving cost savings.

Responsibilities

• Procure materials and manage suppliers to support residential development projects, ensuring best value, quality, compliance, and timely delivery.
• Support budgets, cost planning, and commercial reporting, including site-start budgets, cost-to-complete reporting, and material reconciliations.
• Prepare tenders, procurement schedules, and supplier orders in line with project programmes and internal procedures.
• Negotiate prices, framework agreements, rebates, and cost savings while balancing programme, quality, customer satisfaction, and health and safety.
• Monitor supplier performance, market trends, inflation, and material availability to manage risk and maintain supply continuity.
• Work closely with development, design, estimating, commercial, site, procurement, and customer care teams to resolve material, cost, and programme issues.
• Review material specifications and schedules to reduce waste, improve value, and support continuous improvement.
• Maintain accurate procurement records, invoice checks, and compliance documentation for live and completed developments.

Skills

Buying experience

Supplier relationship management

Negotiation

Cost savings

Job description

Senior Buyer

A regional house builder have a requirement for a Senior Buyer to join their commercial team. The company specialise in New Build Housing developments across the North-West region.

Senior Buyer role

Reporting to the Head of Commercial you will manage the supply chain in respect of material procurement and plant required for residential developments. Ensuring materials are competitively procured to budget, programme, and specification. Thereby contributing to effective operational delivery of housebuilding operations.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Procure materials and manage suppliers to support residential development projects, ensuring best value, quality, compliance, and timely delivery.
• Support budgets, cost planning, and commercial reporting, including site-start budgets, cost-to-complete reporting, and material reconciliations.
• Prepare tenders, procurement schedules, and supplier orders in line with project programmes and internal procedures.
• Negotiate prices, framework agreements, rebates, and cost savings while balancing programme, quality, customer satisfaction, and health and safety.
• Monitor supplier performance, market trends, inflation, and material availability to manage risk and maintain supply continuity.
• Work closely with development, design, estimating, commercial, site, procurement, and customer care teams to resolve material, cost, and programme issues.
• Review material specifications and schedules to reduce waste, improve value, and support continuous improvement.
• Maintain accurate procurement records, invoice checks, and compliance documentation for live and completed developments.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Buying experience within the UK housebuilding or construction industry
• Strong knowledge of residential building materials and supply chains
• Proven track record of negotiating commercial agreements and achieving cost savings.
• Excellent supplier relationship management skills

The company are offering a salary of 50,000, car allowance, and additional company benefits including 28 days leave plus bank holidays, enhanced pension scheme, flexible and hybrid working options, discounts and reward schemes, annual bonus and continued learning and development opportunities.