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Buyer
Kettering (hybrid)
Permanent
Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week
£30 - 35,000 plus company bonus & excellent benefits package
Are you an Assistant Buyer or working within Category Management and looking to progress?
Would you like to work in a more autonomous role and lead negotiations?
If so, this challenging Buyer role could be an ideal venture for you.
Working alongside a Category Manager, you would be responsible for managing your own fast paced category from sourcing, negotiating & tenders, ensuring that margins are improved and maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction.
Key responsibilities for the Buyer include:
- Assist with and help resolve any pricing or invoice queries, supply chain and internal sales problems that might arise on a day-to-day basis.
- Prepare and send out enquiries to suppliers, ensuring quotes are returned in the required template and timelines.
- From receipt of enquiries, prepare a commercial summary with supplier recommendations
- Make decisions related to supplier selection and pricing negotiations.
- Manage all compliance information and update online portals.
- Conduct professional presentations giving the category view and compelling offer for products, expertise and service.
Skills and experience required from the Buyer include:
- Proven buying and purchasing track record
- Experience within a fast-paced, multi site environment.
- CIPS equivalent or working towards would be highly desirable
- Great relationship builder with the ability to balance requirements of different stakeholders.
- A self-starter with an enquiring mind
- Commercially astute and highly analytical
- Excellent presentation and communication skills
- Strong Excel skills are desirable.
If you have the relevant experience we are looking for, we would like to hear from you. Please note, due to the high volumes of applications we receive daily, should you not be contacted within 72 hours, your application is unsuccessful.
Impact Recruitment is working as an employment agency on behalf of our client.
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