Buying Coordinator

JR United Kingdom; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-owned food business in Cheltenham is seeking a Buying Coordinator to support operations within the Buying Team. Responsibilities include organizing commercial activities worth over £11m, managing supplier promotions, and ensuring system accuracy. The ideal candidate will have strong IT and administration skills, a customer service focus, and experience in a commercial role. This position offers training, career progression, and numerous employee benefits.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

33 days of annual leave

Life insurance

Employee discounts

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience in an administration focused role within a trading or commercial team.
• Methodical approach to work.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Ensure effective operations within the buying team.
• Organise and report on new product listings.
• Manage supplier promotions and product changes.
• Support invoicing and claims management.

Skills

Strong I.T and administration skills

Customer service focus

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Relationship building

Priority management

Problem-solving skills

Excellent attention to detail

Organisational skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

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Creed is a family business, established in 1972, which is ambitious with it's growth within the industry. We deliver a great range of multi-temperature food products, including our butchery and fresh ranges to caterers across the country from our offices in Cheltenham, Ilkeston & High Wycombe. It's a great place to be and we are proud of our role in supporting our local community. We are dedicated to creating a great place to work, with great people and this year we have been listed as a top 50 company to work for by Best Companies, across all three of our depots, having achieved a two star status. We are also the number one food and drinks sector (Q2) company to work for. Our people are committed to our values, choose their attitude and focus on the needs of the customer. They work hard and are committed to providing a great service but want to have some fun and development along the way. Our employees often get involved in charity events, attend the company conversations, put forward their ideas for improvement and contribute in the team briefings. Our core business values are being: Commercial, Proud, Friendly and Nurturing.

Role details:
As a Buying Coordinator, youll support effective and efficient operations within the Buying Team to help deliver key business targets, including revenue, margin, and income goals. Youll be responsible for organising, tracking, and reporting on commercial activity across a large supplier and product base, supporting around £11m+ in commercial revenue. The role involves accurate data entry, managing supplier promotions and product changes, resolving invoice and aged debt queries, and maintaining system accuracy.

Some responsibilities of the role include:

• To ensure the effective and efficient operations within the buying team deliver overall business, financial revenue, margin and income targets.
• Responsible for the organisation of and reporting on new product listings and delists, reporting on performance of supplier activations, organisation and uploading of supplier promotions and new lines as well as calculations and claiming of supplier funded promotions.
• Ensure accuracy of internal systems in relation to product pricing, set up and de-list.
• Load supplier and buying group promotions onto our internal systems and calculate, track and report on promotional funding.
• Responsible for all administration required to support effective invoicing and claims management, including handling, escalating and resolving queries and proactive management of aged debt with the finance team.
• Support Marketing with the collection of suppliers assets on time and in full.
• Proactive review of new and de-listed products to ensure the team are clear on progress towards defined range targets.
• Ad-hoc reporting and administration in line with business requirements.

It is essential that you have the following

• Strong I.T and administration skills, numeracy, and a good level of English.
• Customer service focus, excellent communication, interpersonal, relationship building, and stakeholder management skills.
• An action-oriented individual, who is solutions focused, can manage multiple priorities, and deliver results on time.
• A good team player, with tenacity and good problem-solving skills that follows processes in place and prioritises business improvement.
• Experience working in an administration focused role within a trading or commercial team.
• Excellent attention to detail and a methodical approach to work and excellent organisational skills.
• Experience using Microsoft office and intermediate Excel skills.
• A self-starter, enthusiastic, proactive, self-motivated individual with a desire to learn and progress.
• Experience managing internal and external stakeholders.

What you get in return:

• Training and development and career progression opportunities.
• Recognition for doing a great job and going the extra mile from customers, your department and the rest of the business.
• Respect and support from your team, supervisors and managers.
• 33 Days of annual leave per year.
• Life insurance for 2 times your annual salary.
• Employee discount on purchases and regular special offers for staff.
• Access to an online discount portal, providing discounts for gyms, the cinema, supermarkets, high street retailers, cashback for changing your electricity supplier and much more helping you to save money on purchases that you would ordinarily make.
• Employee assistance programme that offers confidential support and advice which includes free access to legal advice, wellness programmes and much more.

Creed also offer employees the opportunity to join our Savings Scheme, join the Staff Lottery to support our selected charities and be in with the chance of winning £250 each month, an additional day off each year which you can use to help a charitable cause of your choice and much more. We are also a Living Wage Foundation accredited employer
If you think you have what it takes, please click 'Apply Now' below to send your C.V for consideration.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age, as outlined in our equal opportunities policy.