National Buying Assistant - Atherstone, United Kingdom - Aldi

Aldi

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Atherstone, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Working closely with your Buying Director, you'll make sure that they have everything they need to negotiate the very best deals.

Our buying teams - if it's possible - have to move even quicker than the rest of the business.

And they have to keep ahead of our customers too:
second-guessing what they want and need before they do.

You'll get involved in every aspect of the buying lifecycle, from putting together tender documents and crunching numbers, to preparing samples and reviewing market data.

The proposals start with you.

We do things our own way at Aldi. But whatever we're doing, we must be getting it right. With a wave of impressive sales figures behind us, we're opening new stores at lightning speed.

And to keep on top of that wave, our buying teams have to do something pretty special to keep our customers coming back for more.

As a National Buying Assistant in our Chill/Freezer team you'll play an incredibly important role in the whole Buying process.

Working closely with a Buying Director, you'll make sure that they have everything they need to negotiate the best deals.

That involves keeping up communication with suppliers and people across the Aldi business and making sure that every tender process is managed effectively.

From ensuring we have great working relationships with our suppliers, to crunching the numbers and putting tender documents and contracts together, you'll get involved in every aspect of the buying lifecycle.

Your New Role:

Have full knowledge of products and suppliers
Fully responsible for managing Supplier's on every operational aspect
Manage the efficient and accurate flow of communication both internally and externally
Actively manage their area of responsibility through driving innovation and change
Understand complex POS/financial data and be able to analyse this on Excel
Display ownership for the category, namely: issues, innovation, idea generation

About You:

Previous experience in a Buying role
Microsoft skills required (excel, word, PowerPoint)
Verbal and written communication skills
Good ability to build & maintain relationships
Ability to work in a fast paced and cross functional environment
Excellent visual design sense regarding clear and accurate presentation of data
Excellent attention to detail

What You'll Get in Return:

Salary starting from £34,690 rising to £40,510
Monday to Friday, 8am to 4:30pm, with the opportunity of 2 days a week remote working
5 weeks' annual leave plus Bank Holidays
In office flexitime
Full training provided
Pension scheme
Private employee medical insurance after 4 years
Company sick pay scheme
Company maternity, paternity and adoption leave pay after 2 years
Long service rewards
Access to MyBenefits, where you can find a wide range of benefits, including our bike to work scheme, shopping and cinema discounts, health cash plan, a FREE will, travel and discounted gym memberships, as well as a host of benefits to support your financial and wellbeing needs.
Access to a free,24/7, confidential virtual GP service for all Aldi Colleagues and their children (under the age of 16)

Aldi is an equal opportunities employer.

We're committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce and are dedicated to promoting a culture of inclusion, providing an environment in which collaboration, respect and fairness are essential.

We value diversity and are dedicated to treating all of our colleagues and prospective colleagues fairly and with respect