Buyer
My client is one of the UK's largest and most trusted veterinary supplies retailers, outgrowing three warehouses before recently moving to Bedford, Bedfordshire.
What do they offer?
* 25 days holiday per year
* 8 Bank Holidays
* Health care scheme for you and your family
* Free life insurance scheme
* Free tea, coffee & soft drinks
* Free on-site parking
* Break area with cooking facilities, fridge/freezer etc
* Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution
* Staff discounts on over 20k products
Experience
* At least 2-5 years’ experience as an experienced Buyer
* Strong commercial experience with proven track record of delivery of budgets and ability to manage multiple KPI’s at once
* Strong negotiation skills
* Be able to analyse complex sets of data
* Self-motivated, organised with excellent communications skills both verbal and written
* Highly organised, work well under pressure and to achieve targets and deadlines
* Strong verbal and written communication skills
* Proactive and able to use your initiative
* Able to manage a varied workload, conflicting deadlines and multiple projects simultaneously
* Proficiency in using retail software and advanced Microsoft Office Suite.
* Pet or Online Retail experience a distinct advantage
Responsibilities
* Ensuring key performance metrics relating to the overall category performance are measured closely and achieved. These metrics include sales, margin performance
* Manage supplier performance, identifying potential new suppliers, and support to build long term supplier relationships
* Analysis data to understand performance and opportunities
* Conduct regular market and pricing reviews
* Negotiate with suppliers to agree and deliver joint business plans for your areas
* Work with the supply Chain team to ensure we have best-in-class availability, and helping get our products to our customers on time
* Working in collaboration with cross functional team to define and execute a successful category strategy for the buying area
Hours:
Full-time - 37.5 hours per week
Permanent contract
Hours: Monday – Friday
Hybrid working pattern during the settling in period 2-3 in the office, moving to 1-2 days per week in the office.
Please get in touch if you are interested in this opportunity