Buying Assistant

4 weeks ago

Manchester, United Kingdom The Co-operative Full time

Buying Assistant
£24,500 to £27,000 pro rata plus great benefits (Work Level 6B)
Manchester city centre. In this role you'll split your time working from home and the office, ideally working 2-3 days per week from our Manchester office (find out more about our hybrid working policy at )

Part time role hours per week

We're looking for an enthusiastic Buying Assistant to join our Buying team. We'll look to you to provide admin support to our Buyers to help them provide our customers with the products they love. This role offers the chance for you to see the results of your hard work every time you step into one of our stores and see our products on the shelves.

As a Buying Assistant you'll also have the opportunity to grow and develop whilst working closely with our Buyers. This role can offer exposure to the wider Buying Team with the chance to get involved in a wide variety of project work and attend both internal and supplier meetings. If you're looking to kickstart your buying career this could be the perfect opportunity for you here at Co-op.

What you'll do

  • Complete administrative tasks to assist our Buyers in managing the implementation of standard and promotional ranging
  • Support with any promotional and systems-related admin or set-up
  • Deal with a range of internal and external queries and disputes; working with suppliers to rectify product costs and financial disputes
  • Build strong working relationships with internal and external partners and become the 'go-to' person for any queries
  • Gain a comprehensive understanding of SAP, which you'll use daily within your role, with support and mentorship from your colleagues
  • Gain a core understanding of commercial operations

This role would suit people who have

  • The ability to organise and prioritise tasks within a fast-paced environment with a keen eye for detail and accuracy
  • Good Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Microsoft Excel
  • The ability to work with data and quickly adapt to using new systems
  • Great communication and team-working skills with the confidence to build successful internal and external relationships
  • An interest in food retail

Why Co-op?

If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).


• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)

• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays

• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions

• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)

• Coaching and training to support your career development

• Wagestream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn

• YuLife app – rewarding you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for your favourite brands

At Co-op, we're proud to do things a different way. As one of the world's largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we've had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

Building a diverse environment

We're actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.
We'll ask whether you'd like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we'll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at

Please note that we may close applications for this role early

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