Buyer

Buyer

£35,000 - £40,000 plus excellent benefits

Winsford – Hybrid Working

Consumables

**Candidates will be analytical stock focused Buyers, Inventory Controllers, Stock Planners, etc**

Due to continued growth, our client a specialist online retailer is now seeking a Buyer to join their team in Winsford.

We are particularly keen to speak to candidates with the following category experience: IT Consumables, Office Supplies, Cleaning Products or similar!

Job Purpose:

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys working with suppliers, analysing data, managing stock and identifying commercial opportunities. You’ll play an important role in ensuring we have the right products, in the right quantities, at the right time and at the right value.

Working closely with the Purchasing Manager and wider Buying team, you’ll also collaborate with Commercial, Customer Service, Warehouse and group colleagues to improve availability, supplier performance, product quality and overall business performance.

Duties Include:

• Manage stock availability and ensure purchasing activity supports departmental KPIs.
• Forecast future inventory levels and identify potential stock shortages.
• Monitor inventory health, including excess and ageing stock.
• Analyse purchasing, supplier and stock data to support effective decision-making.
• Manage purchasing activity, including ordering, tendering and supplier negotiations.
• Identify opportunities to improve value for money and reduce purchasing costs.
• Manage supplier relationships and work with vendors and distributors to improve service levels and commercial outcomes.
• Monitor supplier performance, lead times and issue resolution.
• Support the sourcing of new suppliers and identify new commercial opportunities.
• Work with suppliers and internal teams to support first-to-market new product introductions.
• Develop and grow our own-brand product offering.
• Monitor product quality and work with suppliers to resolve faults and issues.
• Work closely with the Commercial team to optimise pricing, availability and new product opportunities.
• Maintain purchasing schedules, orderbooks, pricelists, tender outcomes and product information.
• Support purchasing cash flow, monitor supplier debts, rebates and cash recovery.
• Keep up to date with market developments, supplier activity, freight costs, currency movements and product trends.
• Attend trade shows and identify new products and suppliers where appropriate.

Experience Required:

• Strong purchasing / stock management experience.
• Strong commercial awareness and market understanding.
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills, experience analysing data and using it to make purchasing decisions.
• Strong negotiation and relationship-management skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Confidence using IT systems and purchasing/business systems.
• A proactive approach, with the initiative to identify problems and commercial opportunities.
• Adaptability and the ability to respond effectively to changing business requirements.

In return our client offers hybrid working, excellent benefits and genuine potential for career progression and training with clear development objectives and support

Apply online or further information please contact one of our specialist consultants quoting reference number: NJR17020