Assistant Buyer

Job Description

Orbit is a fantastic business and one that’s really going places.With an established track record delivering over 10,000 homes to date and ambition to build a further 8,000 new homes before 2025, Orbit is one of the country’s major housing developers. We also have an exciting strategic partnership with Homes England to deliver, with a funding package of some £129 million.Our activities as a housing group ensure that we have an annual surplus that we reinvest into building more homes where people love to live and nurturing communities that thrive. That’s the difference when you work in construction at Orbit. You are part of an organisation that believes in its customers and its people, and what they can achieve together.We are recruiting a permanent Assistant Buyer to join our commercial team in Norfolk. We have a good number of developments in progress, numerous sites due to commence and a strong landbank for direct build and other contracted schemes.The role of the Assistant Buyer is to support and assist the Regional Senior Buyer in ensuring and managing the material requirements for all regional developments in a timely manner. This ensures that all our developments are provided with building materials, hired and owned plant, equipment, welfare, PPE, sundries, consumables and temporary labour to enable the site teams to build to the correct specification and quality.The Assistant Buyer will review, monitor and maintain our procurement processes and procedures. You will source and contact suppliers and manufactures, review and negotiate terms, raise orders and produce material delivery plans to ensure timely distribution to meet the demands of the build programme.You will support the preparation of materials schedules, scheme tenders and the analysis of scheme tender submissions including the cost benefit of the proposals and associated opportunities.The Assistant Buyer will maintain up to date and accurate records of suppliers, material costs and quantities and support the Senior Regional Buyer with the setting of, review and reporting of Orbit and supplier performance.You will be involved in every aspect of the procurement process and we will invest in your development and growth as a procurement specialist.The package includes a competitive basic salary, group incentive up to 15% of salary, private medical insurance, 27 days holiday plus 9 bank holidays, contributory pension scheme and much more.About youOur Assistant Buyer will have similar experience in the housebuilding or main contractor sector with a basic technical knowledge of housing development.You will possess good knowledge and experience of purchasing processes and be a skilled negotiator and able to hold suppliers to account. You will have good commercial awareness, analytical skills and have sound judgement when making procurement decisions.Experience with Dynamics 365 or similar P2P systems is desirable.Why applyWe know that great people are central to achieving our ambitions and as such we want everyone to have a voice and make a positive difference.Orbit being placed as a Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to work for, for the second consecutive year, demonstrates we place people at the heart of everything we do. We continue to create a culture that celebrates diversity and an environment where everyone feels able to contribute towards achieving together.We have a corporate learning programme, opportunities for professional development, a leading reward and recognition package and our people tell us Orbit is a great place to work for.At Orbit, our people are enthusiastic and passionate about making a real difference to our customers and communities. We are one team where everyone is connected and encouraged to have the freedom to think differently.We all contribute to the future of the business and take pride in what we do, the results we achieve and the difference we make. The bedrock of Orbit’s commercial Profit for a Purpose’ approach is our values that under pin the way we work on a daily basis.We put the safeguarding of our customers, colleagues and contractors at the heart of everything we do and as such, certain roles will be subject to a DBS check.About usWe are one of the UK’s leading housing groups providing high quality, good value homes to over 100,000 customers across the Midlands, the East and South East. We are a developing housing association that owns and manages 45,000 homes and builds 2,000 new homes every year.Our customers are at the centre of everything we do. We provide all sorts of homes for all sorts of people and our innovative approach empowers every one of them to grow and flourish. We are commercially driven. The more profit we make, the more we invest into the communities that we work for, improving services and playing a key role in driving UK housing growth.We offer an excellent benefits package, including private medical insurance, discounted dental insurance and discounted gym membership, 27 days holiday entitlement and pension scheme. Required skills

Building Materials

Buying

Procurement

Purchasing

Keyskills :
Buying Purchasing