Senior Buyer – Homeware, DIY & Gardening, Home Fragrance & Seasonal - £40k - Leeds

As a Senior Buyer, your primary responsibility will be to build on the existing supplier relationships and source stock from new suppliers & manufacturers of national and international household brands. This will need you to be on the phone undertaking cold calls to solicit business.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a commercially minded individual who wants to drive their earning potential by forging long term, commercial relationships and ensure competitive pricing to drive revenue.

A background in products from gifting, furnishings, gardening, outdoor, accessories, homeware, seasonal products, and DIY. Would be advantageous! However, it's the person that really matters. The company are wanting you to seize the opportunity to be yourself and grow in an environment where that empowers entrepreneurialism.

The Senior Buyer is a unique role to Buying, taking on a more traditional approach of building new relationships with suppliers to secure supply. No one day will be the same! Here’s what you can expect;

Responsibilities:

Directly reporting into the Owners you'll be an integral part of the business to grow its' product offering to customers and overall turnover
Cold calling will be part of the role as is a form of sourcing solicitation, new suppliers who've never interacted with the United Brands will be integral to building new product supply. It generally refers to visiting trade fairs & exhibitions, phone-based conversations, networking and meeting sales management with leading brands
Full responsibility of key accounts with suppliers from Global supply chains. Developing new and existing relationship
Interface with Senior Directors to Middle management to secure product
Researching and identifying product opportunities across new supply routes to purchase clearance products, partnering with major brand manufacturers for new business
Attend Domestic and International exhibitions and trade fairs
Seek to drive your relationships with manufacturers and other suppliers of brand products
Be a commercial lead for the business

To be successful in this role, these are the key attributes and commercial mind-set needed:

Be an effective communicator over the phone
Establishing and maintaining progressive relationships with suppliers
Be a fantastic communicator with strong interpersonal skills and have the confidence to speak to people at different seniority levels
You should understand sales behaviour and be able to consult with suppliers to gain their product at the right price
Develop an understanding of how suppliers work in order to determine who the decision-makers are and have the ability to build a successful relationship and value proposition to meet their and your needs
Make contact and forming productive and profitable relationships
Delivering a service, from the initial conversation, negotiating to inbound of inventory
Have strong negotiation skills with a proven ability to secure competitive prices and favourable terms
Be a driven, tenuous individual with a will to succeed
No prior purchasing experience is required but would be desirable as Discount Buyer, Senior Buyer, Buying Manager, Trader, Trading Manager, Product Sourcing, Purchaser role
Desirable to have experience with products from gifting, DIY, garden, homeware, seasonal products

Benefits:

Inclusive of Bonus - Realistic first year trading £10k Bonus. Expected OTE £70K in your 2nd year, but this is an uncapped bonus structure
Expenses
28 days holiday inclusive of BH – 9-5 Mon-Thurs, Fri Finish at 4pm on Friday Free on-site parking
Pension
International Travel required

If you would like to discuss this Procurement & Contracts Manager opportunity in more detail, then please get in touch with Lewis McCallum at Elevation Recruitment Group now.