Buyer - Basingstoke, United Kingdom - Exertis

Exertis

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Basingstoke, United Kingdom

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Company:

Exertis UK
Salary:£25,000
Location:GB, RG24 8EH
Contract Type:Permanent
Date Posted:5 Jul 2023
Description:

We are looking for a Buyer to join our Purchasing team. Our friendly and supportive team look after consumer electronics in the technology reseller and distribution market. This is an exciting opportunity to work with some of the biggest brands in the tech industry in a role that offers vendor and stock ownership, development, and career progression.
Your Day-to-Day as a Buyer
Maintain the correct inventory levels to satisfy customer demand, whilst maintaining the correct inventory levels, balancing cash flow, stock turns, and warehousing space.
Monitor order confirmation to ensure a high level of supplier response and uptodate delivery dates.
Oversee the inbound movement of goods from suppliers and manage courier portfolio delivering the right results.
Aged stock management / Weekly aged meetings with Commercial on 180/360+.
EOM / EOQ forecasting for stock and aged stock.
Conduct negotiations with suppliers.
Attend supplier QBRs/product launches/channel events.
Develop robust improvement plans with suppliers to improve the flow of product supply, the accuracy of lead time, and order confirmation & status update data exchange.
Support the personnel requirements of the Assistant Buyer ensuring requirements with individual welfare, training needs, and job performance are met.
Demonstrate a strong awareness of and commitment to Ethics and Compliance and the DCC Group Code of Conduct.

Role Requirements

Experience of working in a busy purchasing department.
Excellent negotiating and networking skills to deliver the best results for the business.
Ability to multitask and be flexible to address immediate priorities and still manage deadlines with longerterm projects and strategic initiatives.
Ability to resolve issues, prioritise and manage own workload responsibly as well as that of Assistant Buyers (if applicable) via effective delegation.
Highly numerate/literate
IT skills consisting of Microsoft Word and Excel

What's in it for you?
It's important to us that our people love what they do and in turn, we put together a benefits package that rewards a job well done

We'll give you:

25 days holiday from start increasing up to a maximum of 27 days with length of service with an extra day off for birthday.
Volunteering day off.
Excellent rewards and recognition scheme.
Access to discounts on technology products.
Access to a Cash plan provided by Healthshield.
Income protection scheme (including access to a wellness early intervention scheme).
Access to our cycletowork scheme.
Employee assistance program.
Death in service.
Holiday purchase scheme.
Loyalty award at key service milestones 1 year, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years.
Enhanced, Maternity, Shared Parental, Paternity, and Adoption pay.

We value diversity and inclusion and champion a culture where everyone feels valued, included, and celebrated. We're open to conversations about flexible working. If it's right for our customers, our business, and you then we'll do what we can to support it.