Buyer - Essex/London - Interiors

BUYER – ESSEX/LONDON – INTERIOR/FITOUT CONTRACTOR £30k + package Essex/London The Company My client is one of London’s leading interior specialist sub-contractors working alongside blue chip contractors on some of the most prestigious landmark commercial office projects in the Central London. They have a young, vibrant workforce and are a market leader. The Role Within their Operations Team they have a unique role encompassing Buying and Logistics responsible for the ordering and planning of material delivery to site such as glass, aluminium, doors, ironmongery, fixings and timber elements. Due to an excellent existing supplier network the role is for a detailed person to make sure all material and components are ordered on time in accordance with lead times and arrive on a “Just in time” basis on site. All material is tracked on a Microsoft project programme / delivery schedules. Key Responsibilities: ·Ensure materials are procured to specification on time, at competitive rates and are delivered to sites on time to meet deadlines and avoid delays to the build. ·Negotiation of special project and product rates with existing and new suppliers to save costs ·Raising purchase orders, confirming lead times with suppliers and signing off supplier invoices ·Creating weekly and monthly expenditure reports to help monitor overall spend and losses, against the budget ·Producing end of project reports which are issued to the department, managers, and directors, clearly indicating the total spend on glass products on the project and highlighting where unforeseen costs have been incurred, and strategies to avoid such costs in the future ·Creating and updating weekly delivery schedules for contracts managers on site and supplier’s daily ·Visiting project sites and meeting with current and potential suppliers on a regular basis, taking minutes and keeping paper trails of all correspondence The role will be ideally suited to someone who has been taking off materials from drawings and schedules and ordering and coordinating its delivery with suppliers and contractors on site, possibly within a building products supplier, builder’s merchants and partitioning manufacturers. As part of the operations team they need a confident and determined experienced person who is not afraid of a lot of work and responsibility. Any prior knowledge of partitioning systems and associated products such as drywall materials, doors, ironmongery, fixings and joinery would be desirable. Needs to be computer literate and thorough regarding all paperwork BUYER – ESSEX/LONDON – INTERIOR/FITOUT CONTRACTOR £30k + package Essex/London