Buyer / Senior Buyer - Building Services (Scotland)

📍 Scotland
🏗 MEP & Building Fabric Contractor

We're currently working with a well-established and growing building services contractor that delivers integrated mechanical, electrical, plumbing and building fabric solutions across Scotland. Due to continued growth and a strong forward order book, they are now looking to appoint a Buyer / Senior Buyer to strengthen their procurement function.

About the Business

The business has been operating for over 15 years, growing organically from its electrical contracting roots into a full turnkey MEP and building fabric provider.

They work across a broad range of sectors including:

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Healthcare

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Education

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Commercial & Residential

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Retail

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Sports & Leisure

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Hospitality & Industrial

With a strong focus on quality, innovation, and long-term client relationships, they deliver projects ranging from minor works through to complex, multi-trade, multi-million-pound programmes.

The Role

As a Buyer / Senior Buyer, you will play a key role in supporting procurement across the business, ensuring materials, plant, subcontract packages and services are sourced efficiently, competitively and in line with programme requirements.

This is a commercially important position with real scope to influence procurement strategy and support the continued growth of the business.

Key Responsibilities

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Manage the full procurement cycle for materials, subcontract packages and services

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Develop and maintain strong relationships with suppliers to ensure performance, reliability and value

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Prepare and place purchase orders and track delivery schedules to meet site and programme needs

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Negotiate competitive rates and commercial terms

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Work closely with site teams, commercial teams and finance to align procurement with project requirements

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Support supplier evaluation, onboarding and performance monitoring

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Contribute to continuous improvement of procurement processes and best practice

About You

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Previous experience in a Buyer or Senior Buyer role, ideally within construction, MEP or building services

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Strong negotiation skills and experience managing supplier relationships

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Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities

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Commercially aware with a focus on cost control and delivery certainty

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Comfortable working with ERP systems and procurement platforms

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Collaborative mindset with the ability to support a growing business

What's on Offer

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Competitive salary, dependent on experience

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Comprehensive benefits package

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Opportunity to join a highly regarded, expanding contractor

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Exposure to a wide range of projects and sectors across Scotland

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Supportive team environment with genuine career progression opportunities