Buying Coordinator

Start date ASAP

• Do you have exceptional I.T skills who also has experience in buying site materials
• Do you have experience with ordering plant and tool hire and have experience with hiring temporary labour
• Do you have excellent attention to detail skills, are hardworking, reliable, a team player with a flexible, friendly, professional personality

Our client based on the Medway City Estate in Rochester, Kent are an accredited, specialist manufacturer and installer of hand-made bespoke and machine produced joinery and solid surface products. A third generation, family run business; their strength is in their collaboration of knowledge within the interior fit out, commercial, retail, high-end residential and public sectors. Located in Rochester, servicing London and the south-east, with shop fit out projects nationwide. Their in-house capabilities and skills provide a personal service for any size of project, from design consultation to site installation.

We are looking for a Buying Coordinator with exceptional I.T skills who has experience in buying site materials ideally but not essential bespoke joinery and carpentry products. You will need to have experience with ordering plant and tool hire and have experience with hiring temporary labour. You must have excellent attention to detail skills, be hardworking, reliable and a great team player with a flexible, friendly, professional personality.

Having your own transport would be an advantage due to poor public transport to the Medway City Estate.

The responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Maintaining company system for procurement
Identify and take off materials required for projects from drawings and specification
Responsible for ensuring materials meet required specification
Supplier negotiation to ensure most competitive price is always achieved
Send out enquiries for appropriate materials, collate and analyse quotations
Place orders with suitable suppliers for specified materials.
Place call off orders for main bulk materials ensuring site managers have correct information to continue with call offs
Order, manage and monitor plant and small tool hire and useage
Arrange for delivery of materials in accordance with programme and project plans
Establish strong relationships with Site Managers and suppliers
Manage workload and prioritise tasks
Manage company delivery drivers and incoming deliveries

Hours: 8.30 am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday
Salary: In the region of £18 – 20k P/A but will be dependent on experience

(Ash Employment Services Ltd. is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity)