Buying Coordinator - Balfour Beatty Homes - Maxim Business Park, Eurocentral, Scotland

Balfour Beatty has a fabulous opportunity for a Buyer Coordinator to join our expanding residential housing developer, Balfour Beatty Homes to work in Maxim Business Park, Eurocentral, Scotland.

Balfour Beatty Homes operate in the central belts of Scotland and England. Continuously opening new developments throughout these geographical areas, managed from our two regional offices; Motherwell and Kettering.

We are dedicated to providing the shape of modern living by creating high quality homes designed for the way you want to live, where you want to live.

As a Buyer Coordinator you will be responsible for several adhoc duties within a busy environment, ensuring the department’s day to day activities run smoothly and efficiently.

Some key areas will include: -

• Raising orders on Eque2 system
• Record and issue orders (once approved) to supply chain
• Liaising with site teams to ensure consistent receipt of Goods Received Notes (GRNs)
• Checking invoices against GRNs and orders and resolving queries with suppliers / subcontractors
• Monitor receipt of all Applications and Invoices and distribute as necessary for checking or adding onto payment system
• Maintain all inputs on the 3pdd register including insurances, SSIP and subcontractor expiry dates
• Setting up new suppliers on payments system and MIS system
• Obtain, log and distribute risk assessments and method statements (RAMS) as necessary for formal review and approval
• Record and issue Tender Information along with all drawings and drawing updates to supply chain

Who we are looking for:

To join us in this role, you will have the following:

• ability to manage multiple work streams to deadlines
• Strong analytical skills
• Software competence including MS Word and Excel
• A confident individual, with an ability to form effective relationships with partners

We would like you to have:

• Experience of Site stream Management Information System
• Ideally experience in a similar role within a busy environment

What we can do for you:

• Competitive salary.
• Provide training to develop your skills further.
• 37.5 hours per week
• 25 days holiday
• Holiday buy in scheme
• Pension scheme.

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

Balfour Beatty Homes operate in the central belts of Scotland and England, managed from three regional offices: Perth, Derby and Kettering. We develop high quality homes, providing a range of low rise accommodation from one bedroom apartments to five bedroom villas. At Balfour Beatty Homes we pride ourselves on great design, operational excellence and exceptional customer service.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/