Junior Buyer

Future Electronics; Egham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Future Electronics is seeking a Junior Buyer to join their EMEA team at the HQ in Egham. This entry-level role involves managing supplier orders, negotiating prices, and ensuring timely delivery of products. Candidates should be organized, proactive, and possess strong communication skills. The company offers career development and various benefits.

Benefits

Career Development and Progression

Social Club and Events

Qualifications

• Previous experience in purchasing preferable but not essential.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to perform well under pressure and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Place daily purchase orders with suppliers using the Inventory Management System (IMS).
• Review and authorize customer order changes and cancellations.
• Address receiving discrepancies with EMEA Distribution Centre.

Skills

Organization

Prioritization

Communication

Problem-solving

Flexibility

Job description

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EMEA Recruiter @ Future Electronics | Global Hiring Expert

Looking for a challenging new role and career development as a;

Junior Buyer

If the answer is yes then Future Electronics wants to hear from you! We are currently looking to employ Product Marketers to join our EMEA team at our Head Quarters in Egham, Surrey.

We know our employees are what make us great, that's why we constantly develop and motivate our talent with world class organizational development in order to learn and achieve our goals together Successful applicants will gain a highly competitive salary, full training and a range of benefits including:

• Career Development and Progression

• Social Club and Events

Job Outline:

The role of the Junior Buyer is to place purchase orders with our suppliers to fulfil customer orders and maintain stock levels on top selling devices. It is their responsibility to source and/or negotiate the best market price for the product and ensure it arrives at the right cost and at the right time. It is a key part of the role to quickly resolve discrepancies at each stage in the order cycle to make certain we meet the customers committed delivery date while keeping inventory costs to a minimum.

What the role involves:

• Place daily purchase orders with suppliers using the Inventory Management System (IMS)
• Ensure relevant paperwork and a customer credit line is in place prior to purchase of high value/customer specific products.
• Review and authorise customer order changes and cancellations.
• Review supplier purchase orders through IMS and action reschedules or cancellations as needed.
• Fix order price discrepancies with marketing / suppliers.
• Address receiving discrepancies with EMEA Distribution Centre/ Product Marketing.
• Be the first point of contact on customer production line down resolution.
• Work with sales, product marketing and suppliers to reduce slow moving inventory levels.

Do you have

• Previous experience in purchasing preferable but not essential.
• Ability to organise, prioritise and has a proactive approach to tasks.
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills.
• Can you proactively identify areas where current processes are flawed and find ways to address them.
• Ability to perform well under pressure and deliver to deadlines
• Do you show flexibility and can adapt to the needs and demands of different groups, situations and markets

Headquartered in Montreal and operating in 150 locations in 40 countries around the world, Future Electronics has earned an impressive reputation for providing outstanding service and developing efficient, comprehensive global supply chain solutions.

The company’s success is largely built upon its commitment to maintain close business partnerships with suppliers and customers, coupled with the strength of its commercial and technical competencies through all stages of the design-production cycle.

Future Electronics boasts the most knowledgeable sales team and provides the most advanced engineering/design capabilities and technical solutions, award-winning customer service, best-in-class global trade compliance program, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world.

Offering the industry’s highest level of overall service, including customer-specific programs and processes, and worldwide e-commerce support, the company’s mission is always to Delight the Customer.

On September 14th, 2023, it was announced that Future Electronics would be joining forces with WT Microelectronics to deliver long-term, sustainable value to all relevant stakeholders including customers, suppliers, employees, and shareholders through the combination of two highly complementary organizations. The two organizations will continue to operate independently pending regulatory approvals.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. We recruit the ‘best person for the job’ regardless of age, race, colour, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, or disability creating an inclusive working environment and culture for all our employees.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Sales

• Industries

  Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

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