OFFICE BASED MON-FRI
Up to 30k
Company Pension, Healthcare and Life Cover
23 days holiday increasing with length of service
SUPER OPPORTUNITY FOR A TRAINEE BUYER
The Trainee Buyer will be part of a small team, working for a leading, award-winning business and will be responsible for undertaking all activities relating to sourcing individual products.
Responsibilities to include:
- Develop and maintain commercial relationships with all existing and new suppliers.
- Maintain expert knowledge of assigned product groups including raw material pricing and availability, economic factors, supply chain security issues
- Management of supplier contracts to ensure the timely delivery of products to meet business needs
- Work closely with Operations team to facilitate shipment of contracts.
- Keeping a constant check on stock levels, maintaining sufficient stock cover at all times
- Assist with the tender submissions.
- Ensure all paperwork is completed such as writing contracts for both supplier and customers, and request volume and price confirmation by email from the customer.
- Support the Technical team on supplier quality issues and quality monitoring, assisting them to communicate with the supplier site to resolve any issues.
- Collaborate with Sales, Technical, and suppliers regarding New Product Development.
- Research the market and/or new markets as required in order to extend and improve the company's product ranges.
- Liaise with suppliers to keep up with their latest products
Qualifications
- A relevant degree.
- Preference for a second language in Spanish or French.
Competencies
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills (written and verbal).
- Ability to prioritise, multitask and meet deadlines.
- Analytical and process minded.
- Strong commercial and numerical skills.
Personal attributes
- Confident with a "Can do" attitude
- Dynamic and determined with a passion for what they do
- Highly motivated to improve and progress
- Result driven
- Interest in FMCGs
The opportunity for progression most certainly exists for ambitious and tenacious individuals who possess a desire to succeed.
If your application is successful, you will be contact shortly.
The job title and description in this advertisement may differ from the client's official job description/contract .We appreciate your interest in this role. E-Personnel Recruitment aims to acknowledge all applications, but due to the high volume of CVs we receive, this may not always be feasible.
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