Buyer

Buyer

My client is one of the UK's largest and most trusted veterinary supplies retailers, outgrowing three warehouses before recently moving to Bedford, Bedfordshire.

What do they offer?

25 days holiday per year

8 Bank Holidays

Health care scheme for you and your family

Free life insurance scheme

Free tea, coffee & soft drinks

Free on-site parking

Break area with cooking facilities, fridge/freezer etc

Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution

Staff discounts on over 20k products

Experience

At least 2-5 years experience as an experienced Buyer

Strong commercial experience with proven track record of delivery of budgets and ability to manage multiple KPIs at once

Strong negotiation skills

Be able to analyse complex sets of data

Self-motivated, organised with excellent communications skills both verbal and written

Highly organised, work well under pressure and to achieve targets and deadlines

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Proactive and able to use your initiative

Able to manage a varied workload, conflicting deadlines and multiple projects simultaneously

Proficiency in using retail software and advanced Microsoft Office Suite.

Pet or Online Retail experience a distinct advantage

Responsibilities

Ensuring key performance metrics relating to the overall category performance are measured closely and achieved. These metrics include sales, margin performance

Manage supplier performance, identifying potential new suppliers, and support to build long term supplier relationships

Analysis data to understand performance and opportunities

Conduct regular market and pricing reviews

Negotiate with suppliers to agree and deliver joint business plans for your areas

Work with the supply Chain team to ensure we have best-in-class availability, and helping get our products to our customers on time

Working in collaboration with cross functional team to define and execute a successful category strategy for the buying area

Hours:

Full-time - 37.5 hours per week

Permanent contract

Hours: Monday Friday

Hybrid working pattern during the settling in period 2-3 in the office, moving to 1-2 days per week in the office.

Please get in touch if you are interested in this opportunity