Buying Assistant

TN United Kingdom; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an enthusiastic Buying Assistant to join their dynamic Buying team. This role offers a unique opportunity to provide essential administrative support to Buyers, ensuring that customers have access to the products they love. With a focus on personal growth and development, you will gain valuable insights into commercial operations and build strong relationships with both internal and external partners. If you're eager to kickstart your buying career and thrive in a collaborative environment, this position could be your perfect match!

Benefits

30% off Co-op branded products

Annual bonus based on performance

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Pension with up to 10% employer contributions

Access to subsidised onsite gym

Coaching and training for career development

Wagestream app for early pay access

YuLife app for exercise rewards

Qualifications

• Ability to organize and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Good Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Excel.

Responsibilities

• Complete administrative tasks to assist Buyers with product ranging.
• Support promotional and systems-related admin tasks.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Microsoft Excel

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Data Management

Attention to Detail

Tools

SAP

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We’re looking for an enthusiastic Buying Assistant to join our Buying team. We’ll look to you to provide admin support to our Buyers to help them provide our customers with the products they love. This role offers the chance for you to see the results of your hard work every time you step into one of our stores and see our products on the shelves.

As a Buying Assistant you’ll also have the opportunity to grow and develop whilst working closely with our Buyers. This role can offer exposure to the wider Buying Team with the chance to get involved in a wide variety of project work and attend both internal and supplier meetings. If you’re looking to kickstart your buying career this could be the perfect opportunity for you here at Co-op.

What you’ll do

• Complete administrative tasks to assist our Buyers in managing the implementation of standard and promotional ranging
• Support with any promotional and systems-related admin or set-up
• Deal with a range of internal and external queries and disputes; working with suppliers to rectify product costs and financial disputes
• Build strong working relationships with internal and external partners and become the ‘go-to’ person for any queries
• Gain a comprehensive understanding of SAP, which you’ll use daily within your role, with support and mentorship from your colleagues
• Gain a core understanding of commercial operations

This role would suit people who have

• The ability to organise and prioritise tasks within a fast-paced environment with a keen eye for detail and accuracy
• Good Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Microsoft Excel
• The ability to work with data and quickly adapt to using new systems
• Great communication and team-working skills with the confidence to build successful internal and external relationships
• An interest in food retail

Why Co-op?

If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn
• YuLife app – rewarding you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for your favourite brands

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

Building a diverse environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.
We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

Please note that we may close applications for this role early