Hours: Mon –Fri, 8am to 5pm
Salary: Negotiable dependent on experience
Location: Welwyn Garden City
The Company
An international leading access provider, with operations in UK, Ireland and UAE. Brogan Group focus on career development and promotion – people are the core of everything we do. If you are looking for a career not just a job, you are in the right place!
Benefits
- Modern office with pool table, Gym, TV, collaboration pods, free coffee machine and parking
- Amazing opportunities for career progression
- Recognition rewards
- Team bonding days
- Training: In-house seminars and workshops
- Social and Collaborative environment
- Client entertainment and charity events
- Flat management system and autonomous environment
- Positive company culture
- Diversity
- Team orientated company who hire culture fit first rather than the skills only
Due to our continuous expansion we are currently recruiting a Buyer to work at our Headoffice based in Welwyn Garden City.
Main duties include:
- Setting up and monitoring all documentation for buying
- Procurement functions including procuring materials, conducting bids, supplier negotiation and processing orders.
- Identifying potential new suppliers
- Monitoring supply chain and upgrading suppliers to preferred status when necessary
- Ensure savings, rebates and compliance are achieved in line with project strategy
- Negotiating prices and terms with suppliers
- Liaising with relevant departments for stock levels and supplies
- Obtaining quotations from existing approved suppliers
- Research and develop new product sourcing options as necessary
- Check shipments when they arrive to ensure that orders have been filled correctly and that goods meet specifications
- Communicate regularly with management keeping them abreast with products, prices, deliveries
- Communicating any issues with materials
- Ensuring parts and materials are meeting deadlines and quality standards
- General administration duties related to orders, deliveries and payment of supplies
Requirements:
- Buying / Procurement experience within the construction industry desired but not essential
- Understanding of building materials, their uses and how they are sold is desirable
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- IT skills – MS Office, Excel, Outlook, Word etc
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritize your workload
- Confident, Self-motivated & Enthusiastic
- Flexible & adaptable. Ability to work both alone and as part of a team