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Assistant Buyer Location: Estover, Plymouth Salary: £28,000-£30,000 (dependent on experience) + bonus and flexible benefits (including up to 27 days holiday + holiday purchase scheme) Hours: 37.5 per week, Monday-Friday Sector: Packaging distribution Protecting what matters, together At Macfarlane Packaging, we protect what matters most - our people, our customers, our communities and the environment. Our commitment to customer service, sustainability and continuous improvement creates a collaborative and supportive workplace where you can build a career that grows with you. With over 75 years of industry expertise, we combine stability with ambition. Ours is a fast-paced, results-focused environment that will challenge and stretch you - but also provide genuine opportunities for development, progression and long-term career satisfaction. We offer competitive pay, performance incentives and a flexible benefits package, alongside a culture that supports work-life balance. If you value teamwork, accountability, adaptability and continuous learning, we would love to hear from you. The Assistant Buyer Role As an Assistant Buyer based at our Plymouth site, you will play an important role within our local procurement team, supporting site operations while aligning with the wider national procurement strategy. You will help manage and develop the regional supplier base, ensuring products and services are sourced competitively, delivered reliably, and aligned to business objectives. This is a varied and commercially focused role in a fast-moving distribution environment, offering excellent exposure to supplier management, negotiation and procurement best practice. Key Responsibilities • Manage and develop a broad portfolio of suppliers, building strong and effective working relationships, • Source products and negotiate pricing, service levels and terms to ensure best value for the business, • Monitor supplier performance against agreed quality, service and cost standards, • Support tendering activities, product sourcing enquiries and ad-hoc procurement projects, • Purchase both standard and non-standard stock items in line with operational requirements, • Carry out supplier benchmarking and market comparisons to drive continuous improvement, • Produce reports and analysis to support procurement decisions and performance tracking, • Support stock control, purchasing administration and system accuracy, • Work closely with internal departments including sales, operations and logistics to ensure supply meets demand, • Uphold procurement policies and contribute to risk reduction, cost control and margin improvement What You Will Bring We welcome applications from candidates with at least one year of commercial buying or procurement experience, ideally within a fast-paced, sales-led or distribution environment. You will also demonstrate: • Experience of supplier interaction, price negotiation and purchasing administration, • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally, • Good commercial awareness and the confidence to challenge constructively, • The ability to manage multiple priorities and work to deadlines, • Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office; experience with procurement or ERP systems is advantageous, • A proactive, organised and detail-focused approach, • CIPS study or accreditation is beneficial but not essential - we offer support and development towards professional qualifications. Our Benefits We offer a competitive salary and bonus, alongside a flexible benefits package that can include: • 25 days annual leave (rising to 27 with service) plus bank holidays, • Annual holiday purchase scheme, • Contributory pension scheme, • Free parking at most sites, • Company-paid volunteering day, • Employee assistance programme, • Extensive training, development and progression opportunities, • Employee discounts with major retailers and leisure brands, • Health and dental cover options, • Enhanced family-friendly and wellbeing policies, • Long service awards, • Charitable giving options, • Eye test and glasses support (for DSE users), • O2 mobile discount scheme, • £750 employee referral scheme How to Apply We are moving quickly to appoint the right candidate and hope to begin interviews soon. To apply, please click Apply and submit your up-to-date CV. All applications will be acknowledged. If you do not hear from us within 2-3 weeks, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. If you require adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact our recruitment team. No recruitment agencies please JBRP1_UKTJ

In a Nutshell We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join our team within Vistry Cornwall South West, at our Halden Reach site in Alphington, Exeter. As our Assistant Quantity Surveyor, you will report to the Quantity Surveyor / Senior Quantity Surveyor and will assist the commercial delivery of residential development schemes. Assist the Surveying department with cost management for development and contracting projects from procurement to the completion of sub-contract final accounts. This is a key role and the successful candidate will have worked in a similar level role for a main contractor or developer within the region. We value in-person collaboration and team culture, but we're also committed to supporting flexible working where possible. We encourage you to raise any specific requirements during the interview process so we can explore how this could be accommodated. Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus, • Company car, car allowance or travel allowance, • Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees, • Up to 39 days annual leave plus bank holidays, • 2 Volunteering days per annum, • Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover, • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, • Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice, • Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary, • Share save and share incentive schemes, • Christmas company shutdown, • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits In return, what we would like from you • Behave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring and Quality, • HNC / Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying / Construction management or equivalent, • A good understanding or building regulations and legal obligations, • A good knowledge or construction methods and materials, • Strong mathematical and IT ability, • Good understanding of standard measurement rules, • Strong Microsoft Excel knowledge, • Ability to assess and analyse information, • Good business sense, • Good understanding of budget management, • Negotiating and networking skills, • Excellent communications skills, • Able to work under pressure and accept criticism of work, • Good team working skills, • Accurate with an eye for detail, • A methodical approach, • Willing to work extra to meet deadlines as and when the business needs require Desirable • HND/or Degree in Construction, • Member of the Chartered Institute of Building, or working towards full membership, or,, • Working towards being a chartered member of the Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS), • COINS systems management knowledge More about the Assistant Quantity Surveyor role • Attend the site pre-start meeting to understand the construction issue drawings with the Senior / Quantity Surveyor., • Assist with the compiling of tender packages for all sub-contract trades., • Receive tenders and assist with the analysis sheet for each trade comparing tender levels., • Assist with the issuing of sub-contract orders in accordance with Group Policy and Commercial Best Practice to budget and within programme requirements. Attend sub-contract pre-order meetings., • Liaise with Build Department on sub-contractors' performance and compliance with order conditions., • Assist with the production of sub-contract orders to accord with site programmed build requirements in accordance with Group Policy and Group Rebate schemes and fully adjudicate prior to issue of documentation., • To liaise with the Quantity Surveyor / Senior Quantity Surveyor and provide all necessary forecast and site budget information to meet the business's reporting requirements., • Assist with the control and reporting of post contract cost movements to provide such monthly reporting as required by the Commercial Manager., • Ensure invoices/applications for payments are processed in accordance with Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract., • Immediately advise management of notification of impending claim or legal action arising from a disputed claim or payment from a Sub-Contractor/Service Provider., • Where necessary, assist in determining a sub-contract order in accordance with Standard Terms and Conditions of Employment and liaise with Build Department in this respect., • Diligently use the BMS and processes to manage site project administration, including orders, variations, valuations, etc., • Assist in the regular review of materials on-site and material valuations., • Settle all variation invoices/applications for payment in accordance with Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract., • Assist with the certifying of retention releases on completion of the project., • Assist with the preparation and agreement of sub-contract final accounts., • Maintaining necessary systems to efficiently file and retrieve information and to allow others to do likewise in accordance with the Business Management System ., • Assist with maintaining final account schedules., • Ensure to continue self development and follow training plan., • Attend departmental meetings as required., • Deal with queries from colleagues., • Maintain open lines of communication with colleagues in other regions., • Ensure you have read the Company's health and safety policies and procedures observe them at all times., • Reporting any accidents or near misses immediately to your Manager and record them in the accident book., • Ensure your workplace is kept tidy and any hazards are eliminated or reported to your line manager., • Wear appropriate protective clothing on site at all times., • Attend all health and safety training as required by the Company. Finally, let's tell you a bit more about us We build more than homes, we're making Vistry. Being a responsible developer and award-winning employer means we live each day through our ethos - doing the right thing. Our behaviours reflect this, as well as our values of integrity, caring and quality. Shaping all we do; they empower us to develop sustainable communities across affordable and private housing. We work in a partnership-led way, and you'll recognise our renowned brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Together with Vistry Works, our manufacturing operation, and the functional support of Vistry Services, we're a proud UK Green Building Council member, UK top five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating, and winner of many awards including Top Employer, Global Top Inspiring Workplaces, and Best for Talent Attraction and Outreach. Join us in making Vistry. #LI-TP1 JBRP1_UKTJ

You will help manage suppliers, source products and negotiate terms to secure best value in a fast-paced distribution environment. This role offers exposure to supplier management, tendering activities and procurement best practice, with a competitive salary and flexible benefits including up to 27