Material and sub contractor buyer

Experience:

• Previous Materials and Sub-Contract Procurement within the building Industry, minimum 5 years
• Good knowledge of Construction methodology and detailing
• Decision-making ability
• Problem-solving skills
• Numerical and data analysis skills
• Good commercial awareness
• Strong team worker
• Excellent negotiating and interpersonal skills
• Competent technology user

Responsibilities:

General and bulk material purchasing
- Maintaining detailed records such as tracking documents and purchasing databases
- Ensure material and plant procurement is carried out so as to not affect activities on site and to maintain target programmes and materials are delivered to site to suit the requirements of the project and site managers.
- Monitor procurement schedules to ensure materials are procured in line with site requirements.
- Ensure that the materials procured comply with the requirements of the contract and statutory obligations and that materials data sheets and compliance certification is provided and securely maintained for future reference.
Negotiate terms of agreement with all company suppliers
- Achieve the best deals for Bespoke Contrax
- Increasing credit limits on all supplier accounts.
- Opening additional supplier credit accounts up.
- Ensure that at least 2 supplier accounts for any type of standard/regularly used material remains operational at all times and take such steps and escalation measures within the management chain to achieve this.
- Continually improve relationships with the supply chain and extend the range of the supplier available.
- Sourcing additional supply chain for new projects depending on locations.
Material usage monitoring for both bulk order and general material items
What does success look like:
- Successful management of the flow of materials to maximise efficiency
- Ensure targeted procurement budgets and profit margin, as determined at pre-commencement stage, is achieved at Practical Completion Stage (in regards to plant and materials procurement only);
- Ensure that any type of material can be procured and delivered to site to suit the site requirements.
Supplier payment authorisations
What does success look like:
- Ensure payment durations are reduced to 28 days from invoice date,
- Ensure that no CCJ's are raised against Contractor or Clients thus reducing Credit Rating Risk Index
- Improve the credit scoring of Contractor to a minimum of 80;
- Liaise closely with Commercial Manager regarding accounts and credit limits for key suppliers.
Manage supply accounts
What does success look like:
- Ensure supply accounts stay on an “off-stop” basis and all standard type of materials can be procured and delivered to site as required by the project and site managers.
- Manage delivery of products and compliance with ER's/Specifications and statutory obligations;
- Ensure that the product compliance certification is received and securely retained.

Sub-Contract Procurement.
Prepare pre-tender schedule of Sub-Contractors capable of providing the works required.
Prepare tender packs for work elements by drawing together the relevant from consultants and project manager.
Issue tender documents to potential sub-contractors.
Maintain trackers of the documents submitted and queries raised.
Ensure that queries raised are responded to fully by obtaining information from consultants and project manager in good time.
Ensuring that compliant comprehensive tenders are returned by required date;
Review analysis and schedule the results of the tender returns.
Review the scope of works and ensure that the tenders include for the whole of the works.
Provide to the management chain clear and concise tender comparison schedules.
Respond to management queries and obtain further information where necessary.
Re negotiate tenders, obtain final tender and prepare packs for Commercial manager to prepare the sub-contract documents.