Buyer/stock Controller - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Danish Crown

Danish Crown

Verified Company

Nottingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Why come to Leivers Brothers, part of Danish Crown over anyone else?

Just a few reasons for you to think about.
An
amazing 28 day's holiday plus bank holidays - That's 36 days holiday a year

Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and share parental leave

Free tea and coffee on all sites

Seasonal
free meat boxes for the family at times like Christmas

Enhanced company Sick pay

Matched Company pension

Heavily discounted meat for all staff through the staff shop

Wellbeing programmes, where
free optional health/medical or optical, / dental is available to all (children in full time education are covered
free for medical - up to 4 children in the house (if this option taken).

Free Employee Assistant Programme for all colleagues and their families

Free parking,

Onsite training and development for those that would like to
progress in a global business

Introduction & Job Purpose

To actively source products to satisfy customer requirements and negotiate prices to develop volume growth and deliver key performance targets, safely, effectively and efficiently to meet the required customer and technical standards in a way which is consistent with DC UK values and behaviours.

General Responsibilities and Company Values

Employee requirements

Each employee should always use his own common sense in connection with the role and take responsibility for what suits Danish Crown's economy best.

The following values must be observed by the employee**:

Being proactive and taking responsibility**Take responsibility for the task, are committed and well prepared, contribute and help with tasks, follow agreed standards and principles, react if things go wrong, are systematically and document your tasks, are thinking ahead and planning.

- Customer focus and focus on the business
Listen and understand, put yourself in their situation, innovative, treat customer professionally, understand individual customer processes and specifications.

Communicate effectively and with constant care, ensuring coordination within the department.

- Being professional and cooperate with everyone

Well prepared and committed, listens and takes responsibility for problem solutions; effectively represents the department across functions; cooperates with all in a professional manner; adaptable and strives to continuously develop.

- Use your common sense
Keep it simple, focus on functionality, consider the business case (cost-benefit), be cost conscious.

Job responsibilities and assignments

Job Purpose:

Health and Safety

Ensure all staff wear correct PPE including, clothing, gloves and shoes.
Ensure all team comply with the food and hygiene requirements at all times.
Ensure operation within the Company health and safety standards at all times and that workstations are kept clean and tidy at all times.
Report any hazards or equipment problems immediately to your Manager and support resolution as appropriate.

Business Performance

Delivery of the key performance targets for the purchasing department.
Ensure Good standards of General Working Practice and that all department Schedules are maintained at all times.
Continuously review and identify ways to improve efficiency and reduce labour costs and waste whilst maintaining quality and technical standards.
Contribute to Departmental and Site improvement projects as required.

Operational Responsibilities

Actively source products that satisfy customer requirements and negotiate prices to deliver volume growth.
Maintain supplier relationships to deliver ongoing value and facilitate promotional opportunities through participation in marketing activities.
Focus on buying power and negotiation skills to develop gross margin percentage.
Forge strong relationships with sales team through proactive communication to enhance understanding of customer base.
Create and maintain both weekly and seasonal price lists.
Participate in weekly sales meeting to deliver key market information to sales team and management.
Inventory management control stock levels to suite customer demand, actively monitor stock dates and pursue clearance lines to minimise stock losses.
Ensure customer returns that require supplier credits have been checked and suppliers notified.
Chase supplier credits for customer returns, goods inwards rejections and returns from stock.
Enter all purchase orders placed onto the Accord system and simultaneously maintain weekly 'To Arrive' sheets, ensure stock sheets fully completed on a daily basis.
Ensure supplier audits and product specifications obtained and correctly updated into Accord, check product storage and d