About us:
Established and founded in 1983, Tower Supplies has extensive, proven experience and knowledge of PPE, workwear and hygiene products. We see our mission to provide customers with a well-managed service supplying PPE and Workwear to sites throughout the UK backed with the ultimate in customer service and product quality from a dedicated customer service team and utilising a strong and sustainable supply chain.
We are looking for a Buyer/Category Manager to support the Category Management team.
What will you be doing as a Buyer/Category Manager:
* Ownership and management of third party suppliers (clothing and non clothing)
* Continually foster strong relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders
* Category management of smaller department (non clothing)
* Manage alternative product requests on small volume lines
* Manage the quality control process by working closely with the warehouse operations team
* Review, research and manage alternatives to obsolete items
* Provide support for the tender process, ensuring any special pricing is logged and savings banked
* Manage Arcus and regularly report on supplier status and risk factors
* Utilise Arcus to chase supplier ESG and audit information; provide regular reports
* Create range plan presentations with costs for divisional sales meetings (promoting Own Brand where possible)
* Analyse SLOB (SLow moving and OBsolete items) reports to identify products for review by Category Managers, ensuring system is up to date
* Interact with customers as required
* Work with sustainability objectives in mind; identify opportunities across all category responsibilities.
The systems and programmes we use:
* Perfion (Product Information Management)
* OGL
* Arcus
* Excel / Smartsheet
* Sugar
* Qlik View
* Canva (presentations)
If you are interested, please apply today!
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £35,000.00-£40,000.00 per year
Additional pay:
* Bonus scheme
Benefits:
* Additional leave
* Company events
* Cycle to work scheme
* Discounted or free food
* Free parking
* Health & wellbeing programme
* On-site parking
* Profit sharing
* Referral programme
* Sick pay
Schedule:
* Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
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