Buyer (Maternity Cover)

Fixed Term Contract - 12-18 months

Full Time (37.5 hours per week)

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Buyer to join our team on a temporary basis for Maternity cover. This will be based within Lovell’s East Anglia region, at our Norwich office.

Within this role, you will be responsible for the provision of buying services to Project Teams on one or more projects as allocated by the Regional Procurement Manager.

You will ensure procurement of sub-trades/materials in accordance with an agreed programme and within buying allowances and you will provide support to the Regional Procurement Manager in achieving best value buying solutions generally and placing risk averse, robust packages.

You will be an experienced Buyer with proven track record of successfully managing procurement workload across multiple planned maintenance programmes. Commercially aware, you will have intermediate skills in Microsoft Excel and Word, ideally with experience using COINS software. You will have a good understanding of Health & Safety, with knowledge of market-place levels.

Benefits

• Bonus entitlement based on performance KPIs


• Holidays - 26 days + bank holidays


• Life Assurance


• Pension


• Private medical insurance


• Ability to purchase additional holiday


• Access to discount portal


• Cycle to Work scheme and the Lovell Way to EV


• Digital GP


• Employee assistance programme


• Sharesave scheme

As an Investors in People Gold award employer, Lovell is the UK’s leading provider of mixed tenure affordable homes and has a reputation for innovation and excellence in the delivery of high-quality housing development and regeneration projects.

We are committed to enhancing the communities in which we work, building quality homes for real people and looking after our own people; developing talent is key to achieving this. We understand that the success of our organisation comes from the strengths, skills and personalities of our people.

Lovell is an equal opportunities employer who encourage and value diversity and inclusion within our teams.

The Lovell culture is one that has been successful for many years. It is based on empowering colleagues to make decisions at a regional and local level, and to challenge the status quo whilst working as one to achieve our goals and make Lovell a great place to work for all.