Junior Buyer

Jobwise Ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full training

Workplace pension scheme

Health cash plan

Free on-site parking

Open plan bright modern office

Job summary

Jobwise Ltd in Manchester is seeking a Junior Buyer to join the Estimating team. The ideal candidate has buying/supply chain exposure or is a recent graduate eager to start a career in procurement. You will negotiate with suppliers, price products, and support margin targets.

The role offers training, full-time hours, pension, and a health cash plan. Flexible working not specified; excellent on-site facilities are highlighted.

Qualifications

• Experience in buying, supply chain, sourcing or estimating is preferred.
• Recent graduates are encouraged to apply and start a career in buying.

Responsibilities

• Liaise between suppliers and sales team to meet customer requirements.
• Price products and manage margins within set timescales.
• Maximise product selling prices while staying competitive.
• Build and maintain strong customer/supplier relationships.
• Develop processes to calculate costs and margins.
• Maintain data and documentation accurately
• Negotiate fixed price periods with suppliers
• Identify cost savings
• Produce and update product review schedules
• Execute buying processes within business targets
• Manage own time and workload

Skills

Negotiation

Relationship building

Organisational skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

Graduate

Tools

ERP systems

Excel

Job description

A fantastic new opportunity has come available working for a prestigious manufacturing company. Currently seeking an ambitious, career driven individual to join their Estimating team as a Junior Buyer.

The ideal candidate will have held a role within Buying, Supply Chain, Sourcing or Estimating. The role requires someone who is confident within supplier negotiation, buying and sourcing products with a keen eye for detail and willingness to learn. This would be a suitable role for a graduate that is interested in building a strong career!

The company is based in brand new state of the art open plan offices, boasting on site ping pong/pool tables, free parking and a health shield cash plan.

What's in it for you as a Junior Buyer:

• Competitive salary offering up to 30,000, depending upon experience
• Working hours are 9:00am - 5.30pm Monday - Friday
• Full training will be provided
• Workplace pension scheme
• Health cash plan where employees can claim back on dental, optical, and medical costs
• Free on-site parking
• Unlimited free hot drinks
• Open plan bright modern office
• Luxury kitchens with top of the range TVs
• Pool/ Ping Pong table for lunch time relaxing

What you will be doing as an Junior Buyer:

• Working as part of the Estimating team you will be responsible for liaising between suppliers and sales team to deliver on customers requirements
• Pricing products and actioning customer requests in line with margin targets and within strict timescales to ensure brand proposition is maintained
• Constantly evaluating product selling prices are being maximised whilst being competitive in that particular marketplace
• Building and maintaining strong customer relationships
• Creation and development of processes and systems to calculate costs and margins
• Maintain all data and information on appropriate systems and documentation, accurately and within agreed timescales
• Negotiate fixed price periods with suppliers
• Identify and deliver cost savings
• Produce, review, and update accurate product review schedules within agreed timescales
• Deliver buying process within agreed timescales and targets as determined by the business
• Managing your own time, prioritise and track own workload

We would LOVE to hear from you if you have the following experience:

• Previous experience within a similar role from Buying, Supply Chain, Sourcing or Estimating would be ideal, however this role would be suitable for a recent graduate looking to start a career
• Experience managing and negotiating with multiple suppliers
• Effective listening skills with a logical and methodical approach
• Ability to build strong relationships with a variety of people at all levels
• Strong organisational skills whilst working within a pressurised and constantly evolving environment
• They would be open to a graduate with Supply Chain/Logistics/Business knowledge
• Forward thinker, innovative and hard working
• Strong negotiation skills and sales approach
• Working to tight deadlines
• Resource management
• Communication in decision making
• Strong IT Skills
• Strong communication skills