Construction Procurement Manager - Main Contractor - Offaly

Office/Project Location: Edenderry , Offaly

Employment Type: Permanent

Work Location: Office - Edenderry

Pay: negotiable dependent on experience

Experience: 5+ years in construction procurement / buyer roles within the Irish market

Visa: EU passport or Stamp 4 visa required

Our client is a Midlands based Irish building and civil contractor who have successfully completed projects across a range of sectors including Residential, Hospitality, Commercial and Industrial.

They are seeking an experienced and commercially driven Head of Materials & Plant Procurement to lead and manage all procurement activities relating to construction materials, heavy plant, equipment, and supplier contracts across Ireland.

This senior leadership role is responsible for developing procurement strategy, delivering cost efficiencies, ensuring supply continuity, managing supplier performance, and supporting operational delivery across multiple projects and sites. The successful candidate will combine strong commercial acumen with operational procurement expertise and deep knowledge of the Irish construction and infrastructure market.

To efficiently manage and oversee the activities in the Purchasing department,

ensuring all purchase orders are undertaken in a commercially focused and accurate manner.

Oversee procurement/purchasing department

Providing prices for all materials included in project plans and drawings.

Identifying potential suppliers and new products.

Contacting a range of suppliers and sub‐contractors to obtain quotations.

Agreeing delivery times.

Keeping detailed records and maintaining well‐organised work schedules

Assessing the reliability of sub‐contractors and suppliers

Dealing effectively with challenges with suppliers and the flow of materials.

Ensuring compliance with the safety, health and environment requirements of

materials and services.

Providing advice to the project estimator on the predicted cost of individual items.

Liaising closely with the estimator at the tendering stage to ensure that an accurate

project cost is provided.

Preparing and maintaining cost reports to maximise efficiency within the business.

Negotiating and agreeing the most favourable terms possible with suppliers once a

contract has been secured.

Supporting all the internal departments with the sourcing of items required for the

business and for tenders.

Negotiate with preferred material suppliers & distributors.

Source alternative suppliers.

Achieve strategic procurement cost savings, rebates and efficiency goals.

Creating good working relationships with external suppliers, third party contacts and promotes the company Group in a pro-active manner.

Liaise with the Accounts department to ensure the transition of dealing with invoices is undertaken in a logical and organised system.

Tracking spend/orders planned by individual job.

Plan and oversee, dispatch, documentation and tracking of all goods and materials

from the head office and suppliers.

Supply all required reports to the finance team, to assist with the accounting month

end procedure.

Liaise with the Accounts department to ensure the transition of dealing with invoices is undertaken in a logical and organised system.

Control Group inventories.

Plan and oversee, dispatch, documentation and tracking of all goods and materials

from the head office and suppliers.

Control and oversee purchasing department and system.

Improve upon current systems.

Liaise with the Subsidiaries and Head Office regarding ordering.

Identify and resolve logistic queries.

Resolve any invoice queries with the suppliers.

Monitor the inventories for stock room.

Tracking spend /orders planned by individual job.

Arrange and supervise deliveries in a timely manner.

Requirements

Proven experience in procurement management in the construction industry with buildings or civils contractors.

Package

Competitive Salary Package based on experience

Contact

Sheila McNeice is the consultant managing this position.

If you are a Construction Procurement Manager interested in roles based in Offaly, you can contact Sheila by e-mail at sheila@jobcontax.com or phone +353-1-7978720 for a confidential chat.

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With over 50 years of technical recruitment experience, JobContax is the leading recruiter of Procurement staff in Ireland.

EU passport or Stamp 4 visa required

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