Senior Buyer – Leeds – Permanent – To £50,000
Established and highly entrepreneurial business in Leeds are currently enjoying a sustained period of growth and hence are seeking to add heads to their operation. The role of Senior Homewares Buyer has been created as a result of this sustained growth, as well as the desire to maintain the current trajectory. Reporting into the MD, the role has some excellent headroom to expand and offers a genuinely one of a kind opportunity to shaoe your own career and earnings.
The successful applicant for the role will have substantial and demonstrable experience in procurement, but ideally within homewares procurement as well. Any experience of working within a wholesale or distribution-centric environment would be extremely beneficial.
Package & Benefits:
Extremely competitive salary
Uncapped discretionary bonus scheme
Contributory pension
Senior Buyer responsibilities:
Reporting directly into the Managing Director, so excellent senior stakeholder endorsement
Opportunity to develop the role and desk as you see fit and influence at a senior level
Key interface with existing suppliers
Identifying, sourcing and negotiating terms with new suppliers
Internal stakeholder management including sales and warehousing
Entirely autonomous ownership of your own profit centre and P&L
Attending trade fairs with suppliers and building relationships
Office-based Monday – Friday
Required Skills & Experience:
Resilience
Self-motivation
Tenacity
Prior and demonstrable experience of working with suppliers in a fast-paced environment to secure best pricing***Only those with indefinite right to work in the UK can be considered for this role***
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Chase & Holland acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. We specialise in finance, supply chain, HR, IT and office support recruitment and comfortably service Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Lincolnshire