One of our leading Derbyshire distributors are looking to recruit an additional Assistant Buyer to join their team.

Key aspects of the role are:

• Market knowledge: analyze consumer buying patterns, competitor activities
• Manage a critical path to ensure deadlines are achieved.
• Numbers: analyze, forecast and plan with the Buyer to ensure the most profitable range is implemented.
• Vendor Management: liaising with suppliers abroad on a regular basis via Skype, telephone and email. Support the Buyer in creating a ‘Vendor/Factory Strategy’.
• Negotiation: liaising with vendors to agree the most commercial cost price, and where necessary engineering product into a price point.
• Management: Effectively manage own workload and motivate your fellow Buying team on a day to day basis ensuring they are empowered and working effectively within their roles.
• Design: have a clear idea of the key trends coming through and be able to translate them into product.

Key Skills

• Experience of working with and liaising with factories
• Product development ensuring they are all “retail ready”
• Range building and category management.
• Critical path management (managing multiple projects at any one time.)
• Exceptional Team management / leadership skills and excellent organizational skills.
• Analytical and costing skills, within sales and margin.
• Continual trend analysis translated into our products.
• Work exceptionally well under pressure within face paced environment
• Strong communication skills.
• Excellent judgement, decision making and negotiation skills
• Proactive attitude
• Self-motivated, and able to work efficiently alone as well as part of a team.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Computer literacy is essential, with knowledge of Word and Excel.
• Methodical and accurate approach
• Excellent organization and communication skills

Hours and Benefits:

• The role is full time Monday to Friday – temporary ongoing
• £11.50 p.h whilst temp – weekly pay, pension contribution and HP.
• Company parking and canteen facilities