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Job Description
Company/Name: Chase and Holland.
Location: Burton-on-Trent.
Job Type: Permanent.
Specialism: Retail.
Senior Buyer – Burton-on-Trent – To £45,000
Chase & Holland are thrilled to be working with a rapidly growing company based in Burton-on-Trent who develops, sources and markets innovative and collaborative products.
As Senior Buyer you will play an important role in developing new and existing products to meet the customers’ needs and drive strategic growth by negotiating best terms, initiating supplier development, and optimising partnerships with all suppliers.
Package & Benefits:
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Hybrid working with flexible hours
CIPS Study Support (Fully funded by the business)
Bupa Healthcare
Employee Awards Scheme (Monthly/Yearly)
2x paid volunteer days a year
Free fruit, tea, and coffee
Free off road parking
Pension Scheme
Senior Buyer Responsibilities:
Product Development:
Managing product development & information flow progress between product development and purchasing departments
Leading production of new product ideas with designers and developers and working closely with the research team on new product concepts
Managing deadlines of sample arrivals for testing, photography, and catalogue production
Running weekly performance reports on new product development progress and projects
Develop a deep understanding of our product range to contribute to future new product development
Competitor and market product analysis
Contribute to the delivery of a customer focussed supply business plan to support the overall business strategy
Suppliers/Savings:
Managing 1 Buyer
Supplier knowledge building – interacting with suppliers and getting involved with their range and understanding their limits and capabilities
Actively increase the width of our key supply base to remove capacity constraints
Delivering KPI’s on new suppliers and savings
Manage the project of product and supply simplification
Deliver the required new product margin through negotiation or resourcing
This role will suit someone with:
Good technical skills, including confident use of Microsoft Office
A minimum of 3 years Purchasing experience within a fast-moving environment
Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills, with the ability to work closely with and influence others
Driver’s licence required and ability to travel on occasion
Fluent in Lithuanian, Polish, Latvian, or Russian (Desirable)
If you are interested in finding out about this Senior Buyer role, please click ‘apply now’.
Chase & Holland acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. We specialise in finance, supply chain, HR, IT and office support recruitment and comfortably service Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Lincolnshire.