Regional Buyer

Overview

The main purpose of the role is to join the East Midlands region as a Regional Buyer. The main base will be from our regional head office in Nottingham; due to the nature of the role, it will involve some travel throughout the region. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing a professional, efficient and effective material scheduling and purchasing function for the regional business unit, supporting the commercial team and contributing to the overall business plan.

• Provide scheme specific material budgets for site start budget process
• Place bulk call off materials orders and ad hoc purchase orders to meet the needs of the regional business
• Resolve supplier issues to ensure the efficient delivery of materials to site
• Support the implementation of strategic framework agreements
• Produce accurate material take offs and schedules in accordance with regional development programme requirements
• Procurement of materials and placing orders ensuring delivery to site in accordance with:
• Actively contribute to enhancing regional profits
• Track material cost fluctuations/price increases and highlight any adjustments to the regional commercial team
• Keep detailed records and maintain a well-organized work schedule
• Provide support to Accounts team to ensure prompt resolution of invoice queries / issues
• Participate and contribute to regular Supply Chain Team meetings and forums to communicate developments, share good practice and up skill our people
• Build excellent supplier relations;
• Participate in establishing the business as an industry leader in Supply Chain Management

We are looking for someone who fits with our core values here at Keepmoat; they will be passionate about the house building industry and have previous experience in a similar role. They will be collaborative and confident building relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders. They will be creative and bring an enthusiastic, flexible and agile approach to their work.

They will be solutions focused and work in a straightforward way to ensure the commercial team meets its targets.

If this sounds like you, please apply now. As the above is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities, for more information including a full job description and person specification, please contact