Senior Buyer – Civil Engineering

Pinnacle Recruitment Ltd; West Midlands Combined Authority, Derby; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading contractor is seeking a Senior Buyer for their office in Derby. The successful candidate will leverage their extensive buying experience in the construction industry to manage procurement and supply chain processes, ensuring operational needs are met while leading a small team. This permanent PAYE role offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package including a company car, private health insurance, and professional fee reimbursement.

Benefits

Company Car or Car Allowance

Discretionary profit share scheme

Private health insurance

Pension with employer contribution

Mobile phone and laptop

Qualifications

• Ideally 10 years of experience in construction buying.
• Background in working for contractors, not client/consultancy.
• Proven negotiation and procurement skills.

Responsibilities

• Purchase goods, materials, tools, equipment, and services.
• Support estimators with tender rates and prices.
• Implement procurement processes and manage supply chain.

Skills

Negotiation

Procurement Management

Supply Chain Management

Education

Relevant professional qualification (e.g. RICS, ICE, CIPS, CIOB)

Job description

Senior Buyer – Civil Engineering

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Salary: £40 - £45k + pkg
Location: Derby
Regions: East Midlands, Midlands, West Midlands

We are looking to recruit a Senior Buyer to join a regional contractor based out of their Head Office in Derby. The team currently consists of one Buyer/Assistant Buyer and we need to bring on someone who can work alongside them and bring a wealth of buying knowledge to the team.

The ideal Candidate who is experienced (circa 10 years ideally) who our current Buyer(s) can learn and develop from, And with a back ground within construction industry, this person needs to join already having sufficient knowledge of buying within construction, and for contractors not client/consultancy.

General Duties will consist of: Purchase goods, materials, tools, equipment and services to ensure that the company operational needs are met, taking into account price, quality and delivery and to ensure continuity of supply. This role has greater responsibility and accountability than a Buyer and includes some people management responsibility. and implementation of the Procurement Processes for the company’s supply chain. In addition to this, the role will include supporting the estimators with tender rates and prices.

As well as a competitive Salary the successful candidate will get a package which includes: Company Car or Car Allowance (Subject to policy), Business mileage to be reimbursed at HMRC Advisory fuel rates, Discretionary profit share scheme paid twice a year, Salary exchange pension with 5% employer contribution on basic salary, Private health insurance (e.g. Bupa) – employee only, Reimbursement of Professional Fee to a recognised body (e.g. RICS, ICE, CIPS, CIOB, or similar) & Mobile phone & laptop

This is a permanent role so Only apply if seeking a Permanent PAYE role

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