Assistant Buyer

Salary: £26,000 per year

Coinford is a groundworks and concrete frame specialist that delivers contracts ranging from £1million to £50million throughout London and the South East of England. This role works out of our Head office, Redeham Hall

Role Purpose/Objective:

Reporting into the Head of Procurement the Buyer is responsible for the placing of day to day orders and acting as a first point of contact for any order queries. There is also some requirement to maintain pricing databases and undertake price comparison exercises.

Key Responsibilities:

• Placing of day to day orders with a range of suppliers
• Follow up and chase orders that have not arrived on time, or to the specifications given
• Keep procurement database and pricing spreadsheets up to date
• Undertake pricing comparison exercises on a range of products
• Build and maintain good relationships with new and existing suppliers
• Liaising with accounts department and reconciling of invoices

The above list of job duties is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope of their role.

Experience/skills required:

Ideally some experience within a builders merchant or similar environment – used to the fast paced nature of Construction

Previous Buying experience ideally as an Assistant Buyer

Or strong industry knowledge of products and services used in Construction

Negotiating skills

Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills, with the ability to collaboratively work with internal and external teams

Time management skills and the ability to deliver to deadlines

Excellent verbal, written and presentation communication skills with ability to adapt style to meet the needs of your audience

Good organisational and problem-solving skills

Ability to work independently, escalating any concerns/issues as and where necessary

Resilience

Qualifications:

Absolute minimum GCSE or equivalent qualification in English and Mathematics