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The Building Materials sector is huge, comprising thousands of different jobs for hundreds of different businesses. Whatever career you’re looking to build or develop, chances are you’ll find it here.

Branch

Branch roles are often well suited to good team players who can operate efficiently within the workplace, monitor stock, maintain good customer service levels, and communicate with employees and customers - all of which contribute towards the smooth day-to-day running of the branch and sales operations.

Facilities

Facilities staff are responsible for keeping buildings properly maintained, clean and safe. The role combines management tasks such as supervising contractors and more strategic responsibilities such as managing budgets and advising on long-term energy efficiency.

Finance

Keeping check of incoming and outgoing monies, flagging any irregularities, and planning / projecting for the future. It's a broad range of really crucial responsibilities at both a local and company-wide level.

Health & safety

Ensuring the whole company adopts methods of working to meet H&S requirements, ensuring a safe working environment for all, at all times.

Human resources

Responsible for the employment of new people, retention, talent and development along with employee benefits and reward, people strategy including diversity and inclusion. Performance management and objectives.

Information technology

Careers in IT span many different areas, from computer hardware and software development to networking, computer repair, technical support, cybersecurity, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, data science and so much more.

Leadership

Leadership roles form the backbone of the sector and can range from C-Suite level to Managing Directors and CEOs. There's no one size fits all and there are plenty of opportunities to advance your leadership career in this vast and dynamic sector.

Manufacturing

Manufacturing roles are critical to the day to day operations of many businesses in the sector and can range from production line operations to highly specialist roles in machine tooling and hand assembly.

Marketing

Working for the businesses they represent, marketing roles aim to showcase your products’ features and benefits to people that will purchase them, whether it be online, in stores and in print. Marketing works alongside sales and is key to an organisation’s commercial success, involving coordinating sales and marketing activity, website, social media and in-store promotions, product launches and the development of sustainability offers.

Purchasing

Responsible for the commercial vision and objectives in line with the organisation’s overall strategy and financial plan as well as the commercial blueprint which outlines commercial activities, required resources and operating model, forecast budget and any transformation or business improvement plans. Encompasses all purchasing, supply chain negotiations and decisions around which products to offer.

Sales

A role in sales involves communicating and educating all parts of the supply chain to purchase your products over competitor products, whether it be in person, online or over the telephone. Managing the customer accounts and working alongside marketing, customer service and distribution to ensure the sale moves seamlessly, you will be contributing to your company’s commercial success.

Sustainability

Ensuring that all parts of the supply chain are minimising their environmental impacts according to the standards, KPIs and targets set. That might range from managing and educating staff teams ithroughout the business to the innovation and implementation of more sustainable technologies and methodologies.

Transport & logistics

Responsible for delivering products to customers, route planning drivers safety, togther with ensuring compliance of vehicles and that operating procedures are followed.