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Duties and Responsibilities: · Plan and manage all purchasing activities for interior fit-out projects, including joinery, partitions, flooring, ceilings, fixtures, fittings, and specialist materials. · Develop and implement procurement strategies aligned with project timelines, technical specifications, and commercial objectives. · Source, evaluate, and appoint suppliers and manufacturers, ensuring they meet quality, safety, sustainability, and regulatory standards relevant to UK construction and fit-out works. · Negotiate pricing, lead times, and contractual terms with suppliers to achieve cost efficiency and timely delivery across multiple projects. · Manage supplier contracts and performance, monitoring quality, delivery accuracy, and compliance with agreed terms. · Oversee inventory and stock control, ensuring efficient storage and reducing waste, over-ordering, or material shortages. Introduce new products, systems, and suppliers to improve quality, sustainability, and cost efficiency in interior fit-out delivery. · Control procurement budgets, track expenditure, and report on material costs to senior management to support accurate project costing and tender pricing. · Coordinate purchasing schedules with project managers and site teams to ensure just-in-time delivery and avoid delays or site congestion. · Ensure materials comply with UK building regulations, fire safety standards, and client specifications, including certification and traceability where required. · Manage supply chain risks, identifying alternative suppliers and contingency solutions to minimise disruption from shortages, delays, or price volatility. · Support tendering and pre-construction activities by providing up-to-date supplier pricing, availability information, and procurement advice. Skills/Qualifications/Experience: · Strong knowledge of procurement processes, supplier management, contract negotiation, and supply chain operations. · Excellent negotiation, commercial, and cost-control skills with a track record of achieving value for money. · Good understanding of UK Building Regulations, fire safety requirements, and product compliance standards. · Experience managing supplier performance, procurement budgets, stock control, and material scheduling. · Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment. · Strong analytical, organisational, and problem-solving skills. · Proficient in Microsoft Office and procurement/ERP systems. · Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. · Relevant or similar experience. · Relevant bachelor’s or Master’s Degree.

Construction Project Coordinator / Administrator Location: Hendon, NW4 Type: Full-time, Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm Salary: £30,000-£32,000 Start: May 2026 We are a growing construction contractor based in Hendon, NW4, delivering residential projects across London. We are looking for a capable and driven Construction Project Coordinator / Administrator to take ownership of projects from inception through to completion. Who We Want to Hear From We are looking for someone with proven experience in construction coordination, administration, estimating, procurement, or a built environment role. If the following sounds like you, we want to see your CV: • You are comfortable taking ownership of tasks and seeing them through to completion, • You are confident, reliable, and take your responsibilities seriously, • You can work independently, proactive and solution-focused when faced with new challenges, • Organised with strong attention to detail and take pride in the quality of your work, • Self-motivated and comfortable working in a small, busy team Key Responsibilities • Support the director with day-to-day office administration including correspondence, document control, filing, and general office tasks, • Prepare tender documentation and support bid submissions, • Extract material requirements from technical drawings and develop accurate project cost estimates, • Managing communications professionally with clients, architects, and Building control and resolving queries in a timely manner, • Build and maintain internal templates, trackers, and systems, • Manage project documentation, progress reports and valuation What We Offer • £30,000 – £32,000 per annum, • 28 days holiday including bank holidays, • Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm, • New company laptop and mobile phone provided, • Modern, spacious office environment, • Company pension and sick-pay, • Salary reviewed on successful completion of probation, • Performance bonuses, • Supportive, close-knit team environment in a growing business

About us We're a UK-based Brand and online retailer selling beauty and health products. The business has grown quickly over the past few years and we now need someone to take ownership of our supplier relationships in China and our stock forrecasting/planning. What the job involves: It's a part-time, standalone role with no direct reports. You'll be the main contact between our Chinese suppliers and our UK and International operations. The work splits into two parts: managing the suppliers themselves, and forecasting demand so we hold the right amount of stock. Mandarin is essential. You'll be talking to Chinese factories every day, mostly through WeChat, and we need someone who can deal with them directly rather than going through a translator. Day-to-day responsibilities Supplier work: • Find, vet and onboard new suppliers across our product categories, • Negotiate on price, MOQs, payment terms and lead times, • Build long-term relationships with manufacturers and trading partners on Alibaba, 1688, Made-in-China and through direct contacts, • Run quality checks, factory verifications, sample reviews and product certifications (UKCA, CE, RoHS, cosmetics safety), • Sort out problems when they come up: late shipments, quality issues, commercial disputes Forecasting and stock planning: • Build SKU-level demand forecasts using sales history, seasonality and upcoming promotions, • Place purchase orders to keep stock at healthy levels without overbuying, • Monitor slow-moving and ageing stock, and act on it, • Work with sales, marketing and the warehouse team to keep supply and demand aligned, • Track forecast accuracy, sell-through, stock turn and on-time delivery What we're looking for Essential: • Fluent Mandarin, spoken and written, • At least 3 years in procurement or buying, including hands-on experience sourcing from China, • Practical experience in demand forecasting and inventory planning, • Strong negotiator with a commercial head, • Confident with Excel or Google Sheets (pivots, lookups, basic forecasting models), • Well-organised and comfortable managing several categories at once Useful but not essential: • Background in home beauty/health or electronics., • Familiarity with Shopify, Amazon or eBay, or with inventory tools like Linnworks, Cin7 or NetSuite, • Working knowledge of UK product compliance (UKCA, CE, cosmetics rules), • CIPS qualification, or studying towards one What we offer: • £18,000 per year., • Part-time hours - 9am - 2pm (Mon - Fri)., • Office in Wood Green, 5 minutes from the tube (Piccadilly line), • The chance to shape the function as the business grows Location: London, Wood Green (5 minutes from the tube) Salary: £18,000 per year (part-time) Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 2pm (25 hours per week) Languages: English and Mandarin, both fluent Reports to: [Head of Operations / Founder] How to apply: Email your CV • Your experience working with Chinese suppliers, • A forecasting or stock problem you've handled and how you handled it We review applications as they come in.