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- Join my clients business in Northamptonshire and be a part of their ever growing Buying function
- This role has full autonomy to own categories and support strategic business goals
Client Details
- My client are a reputable business, with a passion for efficiency and supporting ongoing professional development
- You will join a company that is deep rooted with a mission statement and values that are followed daily
Description
As part of this Category Buyer role in Northamptonshire the key responsibilities include:
- Reporting into head of procurement level
- Analyse the market to assess the potential for new products and services
- Leading category management and sourcing projects to optimise ranges
- Developing an exit strategy for unsuccessful products
- Building and driving relationships with key vendors to improve pricing, terms, and quality of service
- Negotiate with suppliers to ensure maximum profitability
- Quick solutions to sales challenges
- Create long term sourcing plan to drive continuous cost reductions / improved value.
Profile
To be successful in this Category Buyer role in Northamptonshire you will have experience of:
- 4 years + experience in a sourcing role
- Orderly, efficient, and professional with a high level of speed and accuracy, attention to detail and excellent time management skills.
- Works well under pressure and is quick to embrace change. To contribute to the company's culture and values
- You will have a dynamic, can do, passionate, and proven track record of delivering for internal and external customers
- Ability to influence and challenge thinking and decision making internally & externally
- Direct experience with international suppliers and communications working in multiple different terms.
- Ability to manage & prioritise Customer and internal work demands
- Ability to translate market trends and customer needs into a sourcing brief to tender across multiple suppliers.
- Understand the end to end supply chain and the cost make up of products to enable you to improve costs prices and manage price variability
Job Offer
A market leading package is on offer for this role, see below:
- Salary is flexible based on experience
- 3 days on site, 2 from home
- Bonus
- Pension
- 25 days annual leave (33 total inc. BH)
- Carry over of 5 days at LM discretion
- Buy annual leave looking to be introduced by the end of this year
- EV salary sacrifice scheme
- BHSF cash plan
