Purchasing Manager

Position: Purchasing Manager


Location: Waterford

Salary: Negotiable DOE

Our client a construction company are currently recruiting for a Purchasing Manager for Waterford location.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with management and accounts team to agree materials, labour and plant packages successfully.
• Develop strong relationships with suppliers.
• Obtaining quotes, placing orders, ensuring agreed rates and terms are set up with suppliers and agreeing rates to maximise financial efficiency.
• Procuring building materials, processing purchase orders and liaising with Project teams to ensure procurement aligns with project requirements.
• Assisting the estimating department with obtaining pre-tender quotations and resolving material specification issues.

Requirements:

• Minimum 3+ years experience in a buying/purchasing role, ideally in construction.
• Third level qualification in procurement/supply chain/business would be advantageous.
• Accuracy working with numbers and ability to pay close attention to detail.
• Ability to work well in a team in a fast paced office environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent IT skills with ability to generate detailed reports.

Due to the urgency of this vacancy, it is not possible for our client at this time to consider anyone without the appropriate work permits, visa or sponsorship's already in place. Therefore, we are unable to consider candidates who do not have full authorisation to work in Ireland.

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