Junior Buyer
Birmingham
£30,000 - £35,000
I'm currently recruiting for an experienced Junior Buyer to join a successful food retailer as part of their growing team on Core Grocery. This is a fully office based role located at their Birmingham.
You will be responsible for assisting the Senior Buyer to ensure continued growth in the department. You will have a lot of exposure and an opportunity to learn and develop your career to become a Buyer of the future
As a Junior Buyer, you will enjoy working in a busy fast paced environment some of your duties will include;
* Building relationships with suppliers
* Understanding product lines and relative timeframes
* Liaising with internal customers, suppliers and other departments
* Agreeing pricing & analysing figures within Excel
* Dealing with site and supplier queries
* Maintaining order data records and files
* Generating reports
Key requirement for the role;
* Experience of Buying within a retail environment
* Highly accurate with a good attention to detail
* Ability to manage a varied workload with conflicting deadlines
* Able to manage queries and recognise errors made internally / externally
* Excellent communication skills and the ability to liaise effectively at all levels
* Good level of education - A degree is preferred but not essential
* Excellent understanding of all MS Office products specifically Excel
If you think you have the right experience as an Assistant Buyer / Junior Buyer and want to be given the opportunity to develop your career, then get in touch and apply today.