Junior Buyer

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd; Stockport; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full training

Workplace pension scheme

Health cash plan

Free on-site parking

Unlimited free hot drinks

Open plan bright modern office

Luxury kitchens with top of the range

Pool/ Ping Pong table

Job summary

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd is seeking a Junior Buyer to join the Estimating team. A graduate or experienced candidate will help liaise with suppliers, support pricing, and maintain margins while learning the business.

The role offers full training, a pension, and a health cash plan with free on-site parking and modern offices. Salary up to £30,000 depending on experience, with standard working hours from 9:00am to 5:30pm.

Qualifications

• Previous experience within Buying, Supply Chain, Sourcing or Estimating would be ideal, or a recent graduate looking to start a career.
• Experience negotiating with multiple suppliers and managing supplier relationships.
• Strong listening, logical thinking and ability to work under pressure.
• Excellent organisation and time-management in a fast-paced environment.
• Good IT skills and ability to learn new systems quickly.

Responsibilities

• Liaise between suppliers and sales team to deliver on customer requirements.
• Price products and respond to customer requests within margin targets and timescales.
• Maximise product selling prices while remaining competitive in the market.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers.
• Develop processes to calculate costs and margins and manage data across systems.
• Negotiate fixed price periods with suppliers and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Produce and update product review schedules and ensure timely execution of buying processes.
• Manage own time, workload, and prioritisation.

Skills

Buying

Supply Chain

Sourcing

Estimating

Negotiation

IT Skills

Communication

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

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Qualifications

• 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
• 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

We aim to respond to all successful applications within 2 days.

If you haven't been contacted within 2 days your application has been unsuccessful.

We apologise that we are unable to contact everyone in person and thank you for your interest.