Our Client is an established Mechanical and Electrical Building Services Contractor who are currently looking for a Mechanical and Electrical (MEP) Buyer to join its growing team based in South London

The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years’ experience in a Buying role within the M&E industry and have a confident, positive, proactive & motivated personality with a ‘go get’ attitude.

In time, there will be an opportunity to help develop and grow a team in this position.

This is an office based job working 5 days a week, 7.30am – 4.30pm

Duties:

• Build and maintain relationships with all suppliers and assessing the reliability of suppliers.
• Dealing effectively with challenges with suppliers and the flow of materials
• Actively participate in answering incoming telephone calls
• Liaising closely with the estimator at the tendering stage to ensure that an accurate project cost is provided
• Identifying potential suppliers and new products
• Assist in the management of incoming email requests to the Purchase Inbox
• Obtain quotations from Suppliers for small value items
• Negotiate prices and discounts with Suppliers for small value items
• Raise Purchase Orders with Suppliers for small value items
• Agreeing delivery times and if required booking delivery slots with our clients Traffic Management System
• Reconcile invoices against purchase orders and ledger
• Complete and return Credit Application Forms
• Actively update On-Hire Reports
• Keep the Management of Van stock up to date
• Filing hard copy Purchase Orders
• Manage and maintain the rebate spreadsheet
• Ensure all electronic housekeeping is completed and up to date
• Manage the New Supplier Process from issuing Contractor Assessment Forms to passing Contractor Assessment Forms to Accounts Team for inputting onto the databases
• Inputting into and Maintaining Supply Chain Database
• Manage the return of signed Subcontract Orders from Subcontractors
• Upload Subcontractor Insurance details onto the databases
• Positive and assertive attitude