Our client, a family style construction based company are looking for a permanent Assistant Buyer to join their established team.

Reporting to the Procurement Manager you will be responsible for:

Building, maintaining and managing supplier relationships ensuring good lines of communications.
Undertaking supplier negotiations
Placing purchase orders with suppliers and managing them t ensure the goods/services are delivered in a timely manner.
Communicating any supplier issues to operations department
Responsible for the day to day management of the various procurement databases
Planning and preparing forward import ores based on forecast depot requirements.
Preparing cost analysis reports on procurement process activities to allow the Procurement Manager o make informed choices.
Assisting the accounts department in the posting of invoices and taking a lead role in the resolving of invoice and account discrepancies
Undertaking any other reasonable duties as requested.Ideally the successful candidate will poses the following skills and attributes:

Ability to work independently as well as part of a close knit team demonstrating the ability to build good working relationships
Good analytically skills with excellent planning skills
Strong IT skills with proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint an outlook
Valid UK Driving Licence
Must be able to demonstrate the right to work in the UKThis is a fantastic opportunity to join a small close-knit team.

Benefits include:

Private Healthcare
Company Pension Scheme
Bonus SchemeHours Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm