Buyer - Commercial Furniture Procurement
Henley on Thames
Full Time
Monday-Friday
£35k p/a DOE
Permanent
An opportunity to work with a flexible, friendly, family-run business in the picturesque town of Henley-on-Thames.
Our client are seeking an experienced Buyer to join their design team. Reporting to the Furniture Director, you will support with managing the Furniture Procurement process from sourcing and quotation stage through to purchase completion.
What you will do:
- Source and purchase furniture for projects
- Liaise between project teams, clients, and vendors to ensure timely delivery and installation
- Attend meetings with design/project teams as required
- Develop specifications
- Produce pricing schedules
- Undertake showroom visits with clients/designers
- Arrange logistics & coordinate deliveries/installations
- Attend larger installation projects to oversee completion
- Quality control
- Resolving issues
- Ensuring complete client satisfaction
- Update purchasing system to integrate additional supplier catalogues
What you will need:
- Solid experience within a similar position - ideally office furniture procurement
- Experience within the design sector desirable
- Competent with IT, including Microsoft Office
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Customer service/Client relations experience
- Good financial acumen
- Sage experience would be beneficial
If this role sounds of interest to you, we would love to hear from you! Please apply now with your most recent CV for immediate consideration. Due to the high number of applications we receive, unfortunately we are unable to respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.
Required skills
- Buying
- Procurement
- Purchasing
Reference: 52808372
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