Trainee Buyer

The Role: Trainee Buyer - Basildon based

To support the Buying team by completing administrative activities to facilitate the smooth running of the department whilst learning the essentials to become a successful Buyer (full training will be given).

Job Responsibilities

• Supporting and completing buying information into Microsoft excel sheets for the Buying team
• Preliminary sell pricing based on market research (competitor pricing + Reg RRPs)
• Creating listings of products and maintaining our systems e.g., AX uploading, description changes
• Ownership of accounts less than £50k revenue as a benchmark with development plan to take on ownership of a major FMCG group of accounts after maximum a year
• Supporting New Business by working through the commercials of deals and supporting to target supplier gaps and opportunities
• Being the eyes and ears to the market by conducting customer and competitor shopping visits and capturing insights to share with the team

Qualifications and Experience

• Very numerate with minimum of Grade 5 at GCSE Level Maths & English - essential
• Trading mindset - gets satisfaction from doing a deal
• Tenacious & a problem solver
• Warm- calling
• Driven - interested in pursuing a career in Buying

Ideally:

• Negotiation skills training
• Sales/Buying experience.
• Confidence with core Microsoft office applications; excel, outlook

Job holder attributes

• Loves doing varied tasks everyday - no day is ever the same
• Self-motivated - don’t wait to be asked to do something, being pro-active in this role is vital
• Enjoys a fast paced, dynamic, and unpredictable working week
• Happy working with detail
• Enjoys building relationships, getting to know customers and staff on a personal as well as business level
• Well organised and able to manage multiple priorities
• Able to work alone and within a team
• Confident enough in own abilities to crack on and get it done when see a problem that needs fixing
• Can win the hearts and minds of colleagues and customers quickly
• Strong communicator
• Confident in using Microsoft applications, especially Microsoft Excel
• Style reflecting the Company values: Collaboration, empathy, inspiring trust, resilience and innovation

The Package

• Salary from £24,000 + a competitive salary DOE
• Full training will be given
• Monday 9:00am - 5:30pm 1 hour for lunch
• Hybrid currently working Monday and Fridays at home
• Holiday 25 days + bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Onsite parking
• Company online discount shop
• Healthcare cashplan